Saudi Petrochem Facing Water Problems
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Saudi Arabia's Petrochemical Industry Diversifies to Face Challenges
On long-term challenges, the one important ongoing challenge is the scarcity of water for extraction, production and cooling purposes in the petrochemical industry. According to GPCA's Performance Metrics Report, the GCC petrochemicals industry consumes huge amounts of water. Nonetheless, one of the industry's sustainability goals is to reduce fresh water usage for process operations and use recycled or cold seawater instead.
To address these concerns, industry giant SABIC implemented a water management system that minimizes the use of fresh water, and enables it to recycle a large percentage of water in its operations. This strategy has led to savings of one millon cubic meters of fresh water in the 2011-2012 period.
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