Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 38

21-Sep-2009

SAUDI ARABIA

Yansab Ships First Ethylene Glycol

The Yanbu' National Petrochemical Company (Yansab) on 16 September announced that it had shipped to European customers its first increment of ethylene glycol (EG), amounting to 5,000 tons, from the Yansab complex at the industrial city of Yanbu'. Yansab, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), started production at the petrochemical complex in July (MEES, 20 July). Total...