Samsung E&A wins $3.5 billion fertilizer plant EPC contract in Saudi Arabia

The SAN-7 contract and its scope

Samsung E&A has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth about 4.7 trillion won ($3.51 billion) with SABIC Agri-Nutrients, the fertilizer arm of Saudi state-run petrochemical company SABIC, for the SAN-7 fertilizer project in Saudi Arabia. The agreement, announced by Samsung E&A on September 11, 2026, was signed at SABIC's headquarters in Jubail on the afternoon of September 9 local time. Samsung E&A will execute the EPC work alone, with the plant slated for completion in 2030. The signing ceremony was attended by Samsung E&A President Namkoong Hong, SABIC President Faisal Mohammed Al-Faqeer, SABIC Agri-Nutrients Chairman Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh and SABIC Agri-Nutrients President Fahad Misfer Al-Battar.

Plant capacity and carbon-capture design

The new facility will be built at the Jubail Industrial City in eastern Saudi Arabia and use natural gas as feedstock to produce 3,500 tons of ammonia per day, which will then be processed into 7,700 tons of urea fertilizer daily. All of the fertilizer produced at the plant is slated for export. The project also includes a post-combustion carbon capture (PCCC) unit that will capture carbon dioxide generated during ammonia production and recycle it into urea synthesis, reducing emissions and improving cost efficiency, according to the company.

Deepening presence in the Saudi market

Samsung E&A first entered the Saudi market in 2003 and has completed about 30 projects there. The SAN-7 award follows the $6 billion Fadhili gas project in 2024, which was the company's largest-ever single contract, and adds to petrochemical work Samsung E&A has carried out with SABIC since 2003 in ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol and polypropylene. "We plan to bring together our technological capabilities and experience to successfully carry out the project and actively respond to growing global demand for fertilizer plants," a Samsung E&A official said.

Broader overseas order momentum

The SAN-7 deal extends a string of overseas contract wins by Samsung E&A in 2026, including a $2.4 billion chemical plant project in February and a $790 million water treatment project in the Middle East in June, lifting the company's foreign order book. The next verifiable milestone will be execution progress on the SAN-7 plant ahead of its targeted 2030 completion.