Dammam 7 Petrochemicals has signed a programme management agreement with Aker Solutions for its acrylic acid and acrylates complex to be built in the Jubail 2 Industrial area in Saudi Arabia.

Under the agreement, Aker Solutions will provide pre-front end engineering and design and programme management services for the project. The complex will include a world scale acrylic acid plant, plants for the production of syngas, butanol, acrylic esters, together with integrated utilities and offsite facilities.

Established in 2004, Dammam 7 Petrochemicals is owned by Saudi shareholders, and was created to invest in and develop downstream petrochemical projects.