中东,特别是海湾合作委员会(GCC)国家——巴林、科威特、阿曼、阿联酋、卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯在过去30年已成为世界石化产品的主要出口国。但是,近来的低油价、优势原料短缺以及美国新增大量廉价页岩气原料石化产能,迫使中东国家不得不重新考虑其石化业未来发展战略。对于GCC国家来说,更大的挑战还来自于伊朗经济制裁将解除, The Middle East, and particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, have become the world’s major exporters of petrochemical products for the past 30 years. However, the recent low oil prices, the shortage of superior raw materials and the large amount of petrochemical production capacity of raw materials shale gas in the United States have forced the Middle East countries to reconsider their future development strategy for the petrochemical industry. For GCC countries, the bigger challenge comes from the lifting of Iran’s economic sanctions,