据阿拉伯贸易网7月4日利雅得报道，中东最大的石化公司沙特基础工业公司（萨比克/Sabic）日前与日本沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司(JSMC)签署了一项协议，将双方在沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司(Ar-Razi)的合作伙伴关系再延长20年。
这项协议是在两家公司之间长期富有成果的合作关系之后达成的，它标志着技术的成功转让。它展示了萨比克加强与全球合作伙伴关系的战略，反映了萨比克在包括甲醇生产在内的石化行业的领先地位。
根据这项已获得监管机构批准的协议，萨比克把其在Ar-Razi中持有的股份提高到75%，从而把日本沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司在Ar-Razi 中持有的股份减少到了25%。日本沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司将向萨比克支付50多亿里亚尔来更新合资企业伙伴关系，萨比克将使用部分或全部资金来翻新Ar-Razi现有的甲醇厂或者建造新的甲醇厂。
通过达成协议，萨比克将与日本沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司在一项新的高效甲醇生产技术上成为平等的共同所有人。这项甲醇生产技术将在沙特阿拉伯国内外被自由商业化。
萨比克副董事长兼首席执行官Yousef Al-Benyan表示：“Ar-Razi是萨比克历史上第一家合资企业，也是萨比克40多年来最成功的合作伙伴关系之一。”
Ar-Razi成立于1979年11月24日，是萨比克和日本沙特阿拉伯甲醇公司各占一半股份的合资企业，成立这家合资企业的目的是为了开发、建造、拥有和运营一个甲醇联合体。
李峻 编译自 阿拉伯贸易
原文如下：
Sabic raises stake to 75 per cent in the world’s largest methanol complex
Sabic has signed an agreement with the Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Company (JSMC), renewing the partnership in the Saudi Methanol Company (Ar-Razi) for another 20 years.
The agreement comes after a long and fruitful partnership between the two companies, marked by the successful transfer of technology. It demonstrates Sabic’s strategy to strengthen relationships with its global partners and reflects its leading position in the petrochemicals industry, including methanol production.
Under the agreement, which was approved by regulatory bodies, Sabic will raise its stake in Ar-Razi to 75 per cent, reducing JSMC’s shareholding in Ar-Razi to 25 per cent. JSMC will pay more than SR5 billion to Sabic for renewing the joint venture partnership, which Sabic will use, in part or whole, to finance refurbishment of Ar-Razi’s existing methanol plants or set up new By concluding the agreement, Sabic will become an equal co-owner with JSMC in a new, highly efficient methanol production technology, which will be freely commercialised inside or outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
"Ar-Razi is the first joint venture in Sabic's history and “Renewing the partnership for more 20 years is proof of its success and contribution to the Saudi-Japan strategic cooperation, in line with Vision 2030,” he added.
Ar-Razi was established