Satorp's aromatics units at Saudi Arabia's Jubail refinery restarted at the end of August or early September, having been shut since early July because of technical issues at a 20,000 b/d reformer.
The 460,000 b/d Jubail refinery operated by Satorp — a joint venture between Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil firm Saudi Aramco and Total — can produce up to 700,000 t/yr of paraxylene (PX) and 140,000 t/yr of benzene.
The PX shipments are available from September, with Satorp already providing October-delivery laycans to some of its customers.
