Strikes on Saudi Arabia’s Al Jubail industrial hub have now been confirmed, with satellite imagery providing a clearer picture of the scale and nature of the disruption.
The first image (Google Maps) highlights the location of key petrochemical assets, including steam crackers and downstream production units concentrated within the cluster.
Source: Google Maps
The second image, based on NASA’s FIRMS fire detection system, shows multiple active heat signatures. These are not scattered anomalies — they align directly with core production areas identified in the first image, indicating that primary processing infrastructure has been affected.
Source: NASA
The impacted zone includes assets operated by Petrokemya, a wholly owned affiliate of SABIC. The site has an installed capacity of approximately 5.15 million tonnes per year, covering olefins, polyethylene, polystyrene, and PVC/VCM.
Market reaction has been immediate. Prices for Saudi polyethylene have already moved above $2,000 per ton, reflecting expectations of supply disruption from one of the world’s most critical export hubs.
Source: Polymerupdate
Al Jubail plays a central role in global petrochemical flows, particularly into Asia and Europe. Any sustained outage at this scale would materially tighten supply across multiple polymer chains.