Sadara Chemical Company, the $20 billion joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, has indefinitely shut down all production at its Jubail complex in eastern Saudi Arabia.
Sadara is one of the largest integrated petrochemical facilities on earth. Its cracker produces 1.5 million tonnes of ethylene per year. Its 26 downstream units convert that into 750,000 tonnes of polyethylene for packaging and pipes, 350,000 tonnes for films and coatings, 360,000 tonnes of ethylene oxide for detergents, plus propylene, polyols, and isocyanates feeding construction, automotive, textiles, and agriculture across three continents. Total capacity exceeds three million tonnes. All of it offline.
This is what economic chokepoint warfare looks like when it works.