19 Jul 2023 --- Total Energies, Aramco and SABIC have successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The conversion is “a first” for the Middle East and North Africa. The plastic pyrolysis oil, also called plastic waste-derived oil, was processed at the Satorp refinery, jointly owned by Aramco and Total Energies, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. It was then used as a feedstock by Petrokemya, a SABIC affiliate, to produce certified circular polymers. “This achievement illustrates the importance of the petrochemical sector in creating more sustainable products and solutions,” comments Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Aramco’s president of Downstream.
