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Supply chain disruption just claimed a big victim:<\/strong> Sadara Chemical Company \u2014 the USD 20 bn JV between Saudi Aramco and Dow \u2014 pulled the plug on production at its Jubail complex. Sadara\u2019s subsidiary announced the temporary shutdown in a filing<\/a> to the Saudi Exchange yesterday, saying they have no clear timeline for when they\u2019ll be able to restart.<\/p>\n

The culprit? <\/strong>The ongoing conflict with Iran is strangling the region\u2019s supply chains. <\/p>\n

Management noted that bringing the plant back online is entirely contingent on \u201cdomestic and international factors,\u201d while also warning investors that the freeze will drag down its financial results for the year.<\/p>\n

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Why it matters<\/p>\n

The shutdown is a red flashing light for the global petrochemical <\/strong>industry.<\/strong> The flow of critical feedstocks like crude oil and naphtha through Hormuz has slowed to a trickle, and the Kingdom has already been forced to curtail its oil output. The pipeline designed to bypass the strait and pump crude to our western ports is reportedly maxed out at full capacity.<\/p>\n

This will <\/strong>not just hurt Sadara<\/strong>: <\/strong>The Jubail complex typically churns out about 3 mn tons of plastics and chemicals every year, feeding everything from auto manufacturing to global packaging. Aramco CEO Amin Nasser has long championed the facility as a flagship project essential for squeezing more value out of Saudi oil and gas.<\/p>\n

The math doesn\u2019t look good: <\/strong>Some 30% of global ethylene supplies could be disrupted because of the conflict, according to BloombergNEF estimates.<\/p>\n

Starting to see a pattern: <\/strong>The Sadara shutdown is the third major operational freeze by a listed company recently. It comes on the heels of Ades and Arabian Drilling suspending several of their offshore rigs.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next? <\/strong>Pundits are warning that we\u2019re likely just at the beginning of this wave. \u201cI think we will see more shutdowns of petrochemical plants in the Middle East for the same reasons stocks will be building down the manufacturing chain,\u201d Joseph McDonnell, oil analyst at Energy Aspects, told Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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