Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals Industry
SWOT — 7 Saudi Arabia Political
SWOT — 8 Saudi Arabia Economic
SWOT — 8 Saudi Arabia Business Environment
SWOT — 9 Global Market Overview — 10
Global Ethylene Capacities — 10 Table: World Ethylene
Production By Country, 2008 And 2013 (‘000 tonnes
capacity) — 10 Polypropylene — 13
Global Oil Products Market Review — 16 Table Global Oil
Prices, 2003-2013 (US$ per barrel) — 20 Gulf Regional
Overview — 21 Table: Announced Ethylene Cracker Projects
In The Gulf Region — 23 Saudi Arabia Market
Overview — 24 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Ethylene
Capacity — 27 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Ethylene
Projects — 28 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Polyethylene
Capacity — 28 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Polyethylene
Projects — 29 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Polypropylene
Capacity — 29 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Polypropylene
Projects — 30 Table: Saudi Arabia’s Cracker
Capacity, 2007-2013 (‘000tpa) — 30 Petrochemicals
Business Environment — 31 Table: Middle East And Africa
Petrochemicals Business Environment Ratings — 31 Limits Of
Potential Returns — 32 Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 32 Industry Trends And
Developments — 34 Projects And
Expansions — 34 Co-operation Between Sabic And Saudi
Aramco — 41 Finance — 42 WTO
Accession — 43 Saudi Arabia-China
Links — 43 Saudi Arabia-India
Links — 45 Industry Developments – Related
Industries — 45 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 46 Table: Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals,
2006-2013 — 48 Macroeconomic
Outlook — 48 Table: Saudi Arabia – Economic
Activity, 2006-2013 — 50 Company
Monitor — 51 Sabic — 51 Royal Dutch
Shell — 55 ExxonMobil — 56
Sipchem — 57 ChevronPhillips — 58
Country Snapshot: Saudi Arabia Demographic Data — 59
Section 1: Population — 59 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 59 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 60 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 60 Table: Education,
2003-2005 — 60 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 60 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 61 Table: Employment Indicators,
1999-2006 — 61 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 61 BMI Methodology — 62 How We
Generate Our Industry Forecasts — 62 Chemicals And
Petrochemicals Industry — 62 Cross
Checks — 63 Business Environment
Ratings — 64 Table: Petrochemicals Business Environment
Indicators And Rationale — 64
Weighting — 65 Table: Weighting Of
Indicators — 65
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