Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 1

4-Jan-2010

SAUDI ARABIA

Trial Operations Begin At Sipchem VAM Complex

Saudi International Petrochemicals Company (Sipchem) has begun trial operations at its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant in Jubail, the company announced on 19 December. The plant will have production capacity of 330,000 tons/year. Sipchem announced the start-up of a 450,000 t/y acetic acid plant at the site in November, from which half of the output would be used as feedstock for the...