Royal Commission Visitor Center

First-time visitors to Jubail are offered a complete overview of the industrial operations, the port and the residential areas at the Visitor Center. Following a brief video on the history, status and goals for Jubail and its sister city Yanbu, visitors will be guided through a series of interactive displays that explain how the city was planned and built. The major infrastructure systems are modeled, including the Seawater Cooling System and the Industrial Port. A new display on the second floor shows samples of the different products produced by the primary industries. It also shows how the industries are connected to the gas supply systems of Saudi Arabia, their primary source of feedstocks, and how many are interconnected with other industries, which supply some of their products as feedstock for them. The modern, spacious Visitor Center provides a relaxing introduction to Jubail.

Major Petrochemical Facility: Saudi Petrochemical Company

The Saudi Petrochemical Company (SADAF), one of the 17 primary industries in Jubail Industrial City, is the largest of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) petrochemical companies. It was established in 1980 as a joint venture with Pecten Arabian Co., a wholly owned affiliate of Shell Oil Co., U.S.A. Production of ethylene began in 1984. Additional production units came on-stream in 1985. The current production of SADAF includes ethylene, ethylene dichloride, styrene, crude industrial ethanol and caustic soda. Visitors will be able to see major portions of the facility and understand how a typical petrochemical facility in Jubail obtains its feedstock and utilities and ships products to other users or markets throughout the world.

Seawater Cooling Facility

Jubail has a 25-km, open-canal system that supplies industrial cooling water to the large industries. The water is pumped from the Arabian Gulf by two pumping stations and flows by gravity through a three-compartment canal to the industries and back to a discharge system to the Gulf. The maximum amount of water delivered into the supply canal in the summer is currently nearly 600,000 cubic meters per hour. When it reaches its maximum capacity, over 1 million cubic meters per hour will be supplied. This equals two thirds of the combined flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers! The tour will include the Administration Building, where a model of the system will be used to explain how the various parts are designed and operated. Guests will then tour a pumping station and see the seawater as it is screened and pumped up into the canal.

Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)

Saudi Arabia produces and consumes more desalinated water than any other nation in the world. SWCC, which was established in 1974 as the primary producer and distributor of potable water, now has a total installed capacity of 481 million gallons per day from 21 plants located along the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea. The largest of its plants is near Jubail. This plant, the largest installation of its kind in the world, can supply up to 200 million gallons of desalinated water per day, providing the primary water supply for Jubail and for the capital city of Riyadh, some 900 km to the west. The plant also can produce up to 1,650 MW of electricity. Visitors to the facility will be shown through the major sections of this massive installation and will gain a good understanding of the operating principles of desalination of seawater and the cogeneration of electricity.

Nov. 11-17, 2000 City Center and Fanateer Mall Jubail Industrial City The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu will host the Traditional Heritage Festival during the Global Super Projects Conference. The Festival will be organized by Dar Al-Mukhtit Al-Saudi and will provide a wide range of activities, including: Live demonstrations of traditional craft-making Saudi folklore dancing Custom and traditional art exhibitions Live hunting by falcons Heritage artifacts auction Oriental carpets and antique sales