VOL. XXXIII

NO. 26

2-APRIL-1990

Kuwait

KPC's Projected $2bn Export Petrochemical Complex Approved

The Kuwait Government's highest planning authority - the Supreme PlanningCouncil - has approved the construction of a giant $2bn export-orientedpetrochemical complex at the Shuaiba industrial area by the state-owned KuwaitPetroleum Corporation (KPC). The project envisages the construction of alarge-scale 750,000-ton/year ethane cracker as well as an array of downstreamunits for the production of...