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Saudi Arabia's New Air Quality Regulations: What Industrial Facilities Must Know in 2025

The Kingdom's updated ambient air quality standards introduce tighter PM2.5 and NO₂ limits, revised monitoring requirements, and new reporting obligations — here's what your facility needs to do now.

Regulatory Update December 15, 2024 8 min read

NCEC's latest revisions to the Kingdom's ambient air quality standards represent the most significant regulatory tightening in over a decade. Facilities in the petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation, and manufacturing sectors will need to reassess their monitoring capabilities, reporting systems, and emission control programs to meet the new requirements taking effect in Q1 2025.

  • PM2.5 annual limit reduced from 15 to 10 µg/m³
  • New 24-hour NO₂ standard of 100 µg/m³ introduced
  • Real-time reporting to NCEC portal now mandatory for Tier 1 facilities
  • Fence-line monitoring required within 500m of residential zones
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