Petro Rabigh completes HOFCC maintenance, resumes operations
Additional time was needed to complete comprehensive periodic maintenance work on the unit and restarting it, the company said in a statement to Tadawul.
The financial impact of this suspension of comprehensive and scheduled periodic maintenance work on all operating facilities and production units at the company's complex cannot be accurately estimated at the present time and will be reflected in the financial results for the second quarter of 2025, the statement added.
Petro Rabigh announced in June it completed the periodic maintenance and the resumption of operations of the facilities and production units, with the exception of HOFCC, which requires additional time to complete the comprehensive periodic maintenance and resume operations, Argaam reported.
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