VOL. XXXIII

NO. 2

16-OCTOBER-1989

Saudi Arabia

Saudi/Amoco Joint Venture Aromatics Plant Planned

Saudi Chemical Investments Ltd. (Chemvest) and Amoco Chemical Company ofthe US have signed a letter of intent to examine jointly the feasibility ofsetting up a joint-venture aromatics plant in Saudi Arabia, according to anAmoco announcement. The plant will include a 24,000 b/d naphtha reformer, abenzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) extraction unit and a 400,000 ton/yearparaxylene unit. A group of private...