RIYADH, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The government's Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) agreed to continue financing industrial projects by providing 155 loans worth more than 7.94 billion riyals ($2.1 billion), it said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA on Wednesday.

Total investment in the projects from various sources is around 17 billion riyals, the statement said without giving details of the projects.

(Reporting by Katie Paul; Editing by Andrew Torchia) ((Katie.Paul@thomsonreuters.com;))

Keywords: SAUDI INDUSTRY/SIDF LOANS