Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco) is the world's largest oil production company and the world's sixth-largest oil refiner. In 2019, Saudi Aramco acquired SASREF, its joint venture with Shell. The acquisition of the refinery is aimed at completing plans to improve the complexity and capacity of the product technology.

The Sasref Refinery has now signed a long-term agreement to supply carbon dioxide from its 305,000 b/d Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia to the International Methanol Corporation's (IMC) 970,000 t/a Jubail methanol facility to meet future carbon reduction environmental requirements. Since 2022, WH-STEEL has been involved in SASREF's plant upgrading project, providing pipeline parts.

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As an important pillar raw material to support carbon reduction in heavy transport, heating, and industrial applications, Saudi Aramco's acquisition of 8,075 tonnes of blue hydrogen produced by Sasref has been certified by TUV Rheinland, an independent German testing, inspection, and certification authority. "This is an important milestone in our efforts to develop clean energy solutions and increase our ability to export hydrogen and ammonia," said Otville Terheni, vice president of chemicals at Saudi Aramco.