A vast number of milestones have been reached over the course of the growth of Jubail and Yanbu.
Some of the more significant landmarks are recorded here which have played a part in their successes.
1973
• Work began at Jubail industrial and commercial ports
1975
• Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu established
• Jubail Master Plan commissioned
1976
• First construction contract at Jubail completed
• Yanbu Master Plan commissioned
1977
• Yanbu Master Plan completed and adopted
• Pioneer construction camps established and ground broken for industrial infrastructure in Jubail
• Jubail Master Plan completed and adopted
• Power Station 1 completed in Jubail
• Microwave link established between Jubail and Dhahran
1978
• Pioneer port completed in Yanbu
• First support industry established in Jubail
• Jubail Human Resources Training Centre opened
• Electrodialysis water treatment plant completed at Jubail
• Reverse osmosis water treatment plant completed at Jubail
• Three conservation areas designated in Jubail
1979
• First permanent telephone cable network completed in Jubail
• Seven air quality monitoring stations commissioned in Jubail
• Light Industrial Park infrastructure completed in Jubail
1980
• Construction of first primary industry started (Saudi Iron and Steel Co - Hadeed) in Jubail
• Third Development Plan published, calling for development of five primary industry plants at Yanbu
1981
• Arrival of the first ship at King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail
• Construction started on tank farms and marine structures at King Fahd Industrial Port in Jubail
• Port infrastructure completed at Jubail
• First crude tanker docked and loaded at King Fahd Port in Yanbu
• Start up of East-West pipelines and Saudi Aramco • crude oil terminal in Yanbu
• Royal Commission Headquarters building opened
• Reverse osmosis desalination plant onstream
1982
• Seawater cooling system commissioned in Jubail
Start up of Hadeed
• Onshore desalination plant commissioned in Jubail
• First export operation through King Fahd Port in Jubail
• Jubail Port transferred to Saudi Arabian Seaports Authority
• Royal Commission Human Resources Development • Institute (RCHRDIJ) opened in Jubail
• Start up of Aramco NGL fractionation plant in Yanbu
• Light Industrial park infrastructure completed in Yanbu
1983
• Royal Commission Headquarters Building opened in Jubail
• Start up of Ar Razi in Jubail
• Industrial wastewater treatment plant onstream in Jubail
• Start up of Samad in Jubail
• Start up of Saudi Aramco’s domestic Yanbu Refinery
• Desalination plant commissioned in Yanbu
1984
• Start up of Saudi Aramco Sulphur Prilling and export plant
• Start up of Gas
• Start up of Kemya
• Start up of Ibn Sina
• Start up of Sadaf
• Start up of Petromin-Mobil Yanbu refinery (Pemref)
• Transfer of King Fahd Port to Saudi Arabian Seaports Authority in Yanbu
• Monitoring and enforcement of environmental
standards for industry instituted in Yanbu
• Start up of Yanpet
1985
• Industrial wastewater treatment plant commissioned in Yanbu
• Power plant commissioned in Yanbu
• Five air quality monitoring stations in operation in Yanbu
• Emergency services control centre activated in Yanbu
• Start up of Sasref
• Start up of Petrokemya
• Start up of Sharq
1986
• Start up of Ibn Hayyan in Jubail
1987
• Start up of Ibn Al Baytar in Jubail
• Start up of Petrolube
• Start up of first industry in Secondary Industries Park (Saudi Urethane Chemical Company) in Jubail
1988
• Start up of Ibn Zahr in Jubail
• Royal Commission Human Resources Development • Institute in Yanbu opened
1989
• RCHRDIJ elevated to Jubail Industrial College
• RCHRDIY elevated to Yanbu Industrial College
1990
• Start up of Ibn Al Baytar (second phase
1991
• Start up of Saudi Formaldehyde Chemical Company (SFCCL) in Jubail
• Construction started on Safco
1992
• Completion of Ar Razi expansion
1993
• Start up of Safco
• Completion of expansion project at Petrokemya
• Construction started on Ibn Rushd
1994
• Start up of Ibn Sina MTBE unit
• Royal Commission-sponsored private investment workshop held in Riyadh
• Plans to build five new primary and secondary plants at Yanbu for aromatics, PTA, cyclohexane,
phenol-acetone and styrene announced by Sabic
1995
• Start up of Ibn Rushd in Yanbu
• Engineering and construction contracts for new PTA and aromatics plants let by Sabic
• Major expansion of Yanpet announced
• Memorandum of Understanding signed between Royal Commission, Bechtel and Parsons for private financing, development, expansion and operation of utilities at Yanbu
• Royal Commission-sponsored gas conference held in Jubail
• Start up of Arabian Chemical Company Ltd (ACCL) in Jubail
• Start up of Amino Molding Compound Factory (Saudi Binladin Group) in Jubail
• Completion of SFCCL expansion
• Completion of Ibn Zahr expansion
• Completion of Ibn Hayyan expansion
• Completion of 2-ethyl hexanol expansion at Samad
1996
• Installation started of major infrastructure systems to support Yanpet expansion
1997
• Start up of Luberef lube oil refinery in Yanbu
• Royal Commission-sponsored gas conference held in Yanbu
• Completion of Ar Razi III expansion
• Completion of Sadaf MTBE plant
1998
• Start of Ibn Rushd PTA aromatics complex in Yanbu
• Olefins capacity expanded at Petrokemya from 500,000 tpy to 650,000 tpy
• Completion of Gas argon unit
1999
• Fourth methanol plant commissioned at Ar Razi (Ar Razi IV)
• The Kingdom’s first private primary industry came onstream for Saudi Chevron Petrochemical Company (SCPC)
2000
• New ethylene glycol plant came onstream at Sharq, making the plant the largest single-complex producer in the world
• Olefins III expansion project completed at Petrokemya
• Safco III expansion came onstream
• New Foreign Investment Laws introduced
• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) formed
• Sasref commissioned its Thermal Gasoil Unit/Gas turbine project (TGU)
• Ibn Zahr doubled polypropylene production to 640,000 tpy
• Ibn Rushd completed ‘‘back integration’’ of its polyester manufacturing complex
2001
• Kemya brought onstream ethylene plant, linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), LDPE and propylene facilities
• Sadaf added second styrene monomer plant
• Sadaf selected CMS of the US and Zamil of Saudi Arabia to develop a 320MW cogeneration plant - a first for the Kingdom
• Major expansion completed at Yanpet, including ethylene, propylene, pyrolysis gasoline and polyethylene units.
• New $666 million utility company, Marafeq, formed
Milestones from 1973 to 1998 provided by Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
