Saudi-based Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) said it has completed the expansion of propylene and polypropylene plants operated by its key subsidiary Al Waha Petrochemicals Company. With this move, their combined production capacity will increase by more than 30%.

Following the expansion, the plants will have annual production capacities of 537,000 tonnes of propylene and 600,000 tonnes of polypropylene, Sipchem said in its filing to Saudi bourse Tadawul.

The project was announced in August 2024, when Sipchem signed engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the expansion of the propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) plants.

The financial impact of the expansion is expected to materialise in the fourth quarter of 2026, with no change to the previously announced project costs, the company said.-TradeArabia News Service