Jubail: the biggest is getting bigger

KFIP has Completed AN 800,000m? petrochemical quays with five new berths that can accomodate tankers.
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“We started stage one in 2004 and we should be finished this month with everything in place,” he says.

“We want the industries to be able to move straight in and have everything they need available right up to their doorstep - this is the plan and so far we’re on target.

“There are between 16 to 17 contractors working on site and this can be a challenge to manage, but there have been no other problems and we should finish on time.”

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Abdullah says stage two of Jubail Two is scheduled to finish in December 2010, stage three in December 2012 and stage four in December 2015. The estimated cost of the first three stages is around $1.85 billion, with the cost for the fourth stage yet to be determined.

Another crucial element to Jubail Two’s infrastructure is construction of a $115 million pump station to supply the industries with sea water for cooling, says Aamar Hassan, area const-ruction manager.

The pump station is being built at the end of an open canal which services the industries in Jubail One and draws its water directly from the Gulf.

Once completed, Hassan says the pump station will transport sea water to Jubail Two through an 8km stretch of two 4m diameter supply pipes at a rate of up to 200,000m³ an hour, with another 4m diameter pipe installed for supply/return and two more 4m diameter pipes for the return of sea water to the outfall.

The main contractor for the job is Al Harbi Trading and Contracting Company and the contract is expected to be
closed out by the end of this year.

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In line with the development of Jubail Two, Sabco programme manager, Dr George Dinic, says they’re also overseeing major expansions to the city’s pipeline corridors and main port facility, King Fahad Industrial Port (KFIP).

“There is a tremendous amount of work to be done on the pipeline corridors, which transport (liquid) products from the industries to the KFIP,” he says.

“There are new pipelines coming from Jubail Two and further expansions and debottlenecking for Jubail One.
“In addition to that, the expansion of the KFIP is ongoing. Most recently we completed an 80 hectare (800,000m²) petrochemical quay with five new berths that can accommodate tankers for liquid petrochemical products up to 80,000 tonnes and with a length of up to 230m.”