(36d) Exceptional Catalyst Selectivity Prompts Cycle Length Extension at the Petro Rabigh Monoethylene Glycol Plant, Saudi Arabia

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) has achieved an impressive 92% catalyst selectivity at the start of the most recent cycle at its 600,000-t/y monoethylene glycol (MEG) production facility in Saudi Arabia. The plant uses the advanced Shell OMEGA process, which is based on the catalytic conversion of both ethylene to ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide to ethylene glycol.