VOL. XXXIII

NO. 43

30-JULY-1990

Saudi Arabia

Saudi/French Aromatics Plant Delayed

The projected $300mn joint-venture aromatics plant which is to be built atJubail by the Saudi Venture Capital Group (SVCG) and Total-Compagnie Francaisesdes Petroles (CFP) will be delayed by some two years, according to EuropeanChemical News of 23 July 1990. The plant, with an annual capacity of 250,000tons of paraxylene and 100,000 tons of benzene, was originally scheduled tostart up in 1993 (MEES, 27 November...