Nadin Hassan

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is poised to create 150,000 new jobs in chemical plants and renewable energy facilities, with a commitment to achieving 75 percent localization, said a top official. 

During the Human Capability Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman emphasized that the energy sector has the biggest chance to achieve that localization target compared to any other sector.    

The minister said: “We see somewhere around 150,000 jobs being created, including not only working in chemical plants and with heavy wind or renewable facilities, but also we see a lot of jobs are coming through the localization programs. We also are committed to a localization program which is 75 percent.” 

He added: “This is what we are going try to achieve with using this approach just to give you an idea of how we are thinking and how much it is being elaborated.”