據悉，沙特基礎工業公司已經宣布與埃克森美孚合資34億美元建設的合成橡膠生產工廠開始試運。雙方在該合資企業中所持股權相等。4月1日這個命名為朱拜勒石化公司（Kemya)的炭黑和公用工程裝置開始試運。該工廠設計產能為40萬噸/年，包括11萬噸/年的鹵化丁基橡膠以及合計29萬噸/年的三元乙丙橡膠、炭黑、丁苯橡膠和聚丁橡膠。該工廠的產品將在亞洲和中東市場銷售。

龐曉華摘譯自《Chemical Week》2016-4-11

原文如下：

Sabic and ExxoMobil begin trial runs at Kemya synthetic rubber complex

12:50 AM MDT | April 11, 2016 | Natasha Alperowicz

Sabic has announced the start of trial runs at the $3.4 billion synthetic rubber manufacturing complex built in an equally owned joint venture with ExxonMobil Chemical. Trial operations began on 1 April at the carbon black and utilities unit of Al Jubail Petrochemical Co.’s (Kemya). The complex at full capacity will produce 400,000 m.t./year of products, including 110,000 m.t./year of halobutyl rubber and a combined 290,000 m.t./year of ethylene propylene diene monomer, carbon black, styrene butadiene rubber, and polybutadiene rubber. Output will be sold on the Asian and the Mideast markets.