VOL. XXXIV

NO. 20

18-FEBRUARY-1991

Saudi Arabia

GAS to Expand Capacity of Jubail Plant

The National Industrial Gases Company (GAS) - owned 70% by the Saudi BasicIndustries Corporation (SABIC) and 30% by Saudi private sector producers ofindustrial gases - has awarded turnkey contracts worth $55mn to a number ofcompanies to raise the capacity of its Jubail plant from the current 438,000tons/year of oxygen and 219,000 t/y of nitrogen to 876,000 t/y of oxygen and489,000 t/y of nitrogen. According to...