VOL. XXXIII

NO. 51

24-SEPTEMBER-1990

Saudi Arabia

Ibn Zahr Studying Plant Expansion

The Saudi European Petrochemical Company (Ibn Zahr) - a joint venture owned70% by SABIC, 10% each by Neste Oy of Finland, Ecofuel of Italy and the ArabPetroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) - is studying a proposal to builda 200,000 ton/year polypropylene plant at its Jubail site to be operated by IbnZahr. The new plant will use Union Carbide's Unipol technology, while propylenefeedstock for the plant is...