{"id":660977,"date":"2025-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/02\/20\/shard-capital-alqahtani-holding-ink-framework-agreement-for-usd-7-bn-petrochemical-complex-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:00:00","slug":"shard-capital-alqahtani-holding-ink-framework-agreement-for-usd-7-bn-petrochemical-complex-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/02\/20\/shard-capital-alqahtani-holding-ink-framework-agreement-for-usd-7-bn-petrochemical-complex-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shard Capital, Alqahtani Holding ink framework agreement for USD 7 bn petrochemical complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>UK-based <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shardcapital.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Shard Capital<\/a><\/strong><strong> and Saudi Arabia-based <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aqh.com.sa\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alqahtani Holding<\/a><\/strong><strong> inked a framework <\/strong><strong>agreement for a USD 7 bn <\/strong><strong>petrochemical production complex in <\/strong><strong>New<\/strong><strong> Alamein <\/strong>with the Oil Ministry-backed Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company and the Investment Ministry, the Oil Ministry said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18sMU7xCSQ\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. When the project first came to light, it was reported that the facility would produce 1.5 mn tons of petrochemical products and another 1 mn tons of petroleum products, including kerosene and mazut, per year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>REMEMBER- <\/strong>The project has been in the works for a while now, with the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1fee9d0c-6605-4285-85d4-d0e428e3c35d\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">inking an agreement<\/a> with a British consortium that included Shard Capital to develop the complex in 2020 \u2014 it was valued at USD 8.5 bn back then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Alqahtani Holding is a relatively recent addition to the project: <\/strong>We first got word of the group\u2019s involvement in the project last December from an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/973f86a0-3849-44ca-81c7-6580a4ebdd1c\/cheiron-is-looking-into-expanding-local-operations\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Oil Ministry statement<\/a>. When the project first emerged five years ago \u2014 also at the Egypt Energy Show \u2014 Shard\u2019s private sector partner for the project was the UK\u2019s BSW Group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The project will be private sector led and private sector funded<\/strong>, with British, Emirati, and Saudi investors backing the project, Shard\u2019s legal advisor Zaki Hashem said in a separate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/2\/1925.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>But there\u2019s still a lot we don\u2019t know about the project<\/strong>, including a timeline or how the ownership will be split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project will be private sector led and private sector 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