Shaheen/Taziz/Kem One - Taziz Chemicals Production: Industrial Chemicals Zone Phase I: Chlor-Alkali, EDC and PVC Production Facility
A joint venture of Shaheen, TAZIZ and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is planning to develop a new world-scale Chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facility in TAZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone, Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, the UAE.
The project is also referred to as Project Salt.
The US$2,000 million project includes the following:
1. Construction of Chlor-alkali production plant with a capacity to produce 940 thousand tons per year
2. Construction of ethylene dichloride production plant with a capacity to produce 1.1 million tons per year
3. Construction of polyvinyl chloride production plant with a capacity to produce 360 thousand tons per year
4. Construction of port facilities
5. Installation of a feedstock supply system
6. Infrastructure works
7. Construction of associated facilities
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11 June 2025
The main contract tender has been issued on the project with a technical bid submission date of July 15, 2025. (Source: MEED)
03 June 2025
The main contract tender has been issued on the project and the following companies biding are L&T, Samsung, China National Chemical Engineering Company, CAT Group.
28 March 2025
The main contract tender has been issued on the project with a technical bid submission date of June 15, 2025, and a commercial bid date of July 23, 2025. (Source: MEED)
17 March 2025
The FEED works are still ongoing on the project and the timeframe for its completion is unknown at this juncture.
25 February 2025
The FEED works are ongoing on the project.
13 June 2024
Thyssenkrupp Uhde has won FEED contracts for an ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant and a chlor-alkali plant & Technip Energies has won the FEED contract for a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facility. (Source: MEED)
21 December 2023
The FEED contract is yet to be awarded.
10 October 2023
The FEED contract is yet to be awarded.
30 May 2023
The FEED contract is yet to be awarded.
03 June 2022
The bids for main FEED contract are under evaluation.
15 May 2022
Shaheen Chem Holdings Investment (Shaheen) will join the joint venture of Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company (Taziz) and Reliance Industries, named Taziz EDC & PVC. (Source: MEED)
21 April 2022
The following companies have submitted bids for the feed contract: Worley parson, Technip, and Thyssenkrupp, and are currently under evaluation. SNC-Lavalin has been appointed as the Project Management Consultant.
01 February 2022
The project is in the Pre - FEED phase.
14 October 2021
The main FEED Contractor is yet to be appointed.
04 July 2021
Wood Group has been appointed as the Pre-FEED contractor for the project and the main FEED Contractor is yet to be appointed.
01 July 2021
Adnoc and Reliance Industries Limited has signed an agreement for the development of the project.