VOL. XXXIII

NO.18

5-FEBRUARY-1990

Iraq

Zubair LPG Plant Nears Start-Up

MEES learns that the 4mn ton/year natural gas liquids project at Khor al-Zubairin southern Iraq is currently being commissioned, with a target date forcommercial start-up in June. It is understood that only part of its productionwill be exported to international markets, with the remainder being utilizeddomestically (MEES, 9 October 1989).

The liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant, which was incomplete at the startof the Gulf war,...