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Petro Rabigh (Rabigh, Saudi Arabia), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, said on Wednesday that it has mechanically completed its ethane cracker expansion at Rabigh. The capacity of the plant has raised from 1.3 million m.t./year to 1.6 million m.t./year of ethylene. It increases the cracker’s processing capacity by an additional 30 million standard cubic feet/day of ethane, to 125 million standard cu ft/day.

Petro Rabigh will start production at the expanded facility when it receives the extra supplies of gas. The financial impact of full operation of the expanded ethane cracker unit will increase the company’s sales revenue by an estimated 750 million Saudi riyals ($200.0 million) in 2016, the company says.