Saudi YANSAB’s output declines 7 percent in 2013 on plants shutdown

17/02/2014 Argaam

Saudi Arabia's Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (Yansab), a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), said that 2013 output dropped 7 percent to 3.70 million tons of petrochemicals because of a technical outage at its complex.

 

Sales decreased to 2.15 million tons in 2013, compared to 2.27 million tons in 2012, the company said in 2013 annual report that was published today.

 

                                     Yansab Selling Products(SAR mn)

Change

2013

2012

Article

--

187

186

Ethylene

+7%

1497

1395

PP

-20%

374

465

Benzene

+3%

3367

3255

MEG

-15%

1590

1860

LLDPE

+7%

1590

1488

HDPE

+15%

748

651

Others

+5%

9354

9299

Total

 

The value of loans slid to SAR 6.8 billion in 2013 from SAR 8.1 billion the previous year. The petrochemicals maker will be paying back its loans throughout June 2019.

 

Cash and equivalents reached SAR 3.02 billion in 2013. Net debt stood at SAR 3.8 billion, or 25 percent of the shareholders’ equity.

 

Yansabs 2013 net income advanced 8 percent to SAR 2.6 billion. The companys board recommended distributing SAR 2 per share in dividends in the second half of 2013. It distributed SAR 1 a share in the first half of the same year.

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