Yanbu National Petrochemical Co reported earnings results for third quarter and nine months ended September 2016. For the quarter, the company’s net profit more than doubled to SAR 607.6 million ($162 million) from SAR 301.7 million in the same period last year, on the back of higher sales volumes and lower feedstock costs. For the first nine months of 2016, the company's net profit more than doubled to SAR 1.7 billion from SAR 814.2 million in the same period of last year.