VOL. XXXII

NO. 32

15-MAY-1989

SAUDI ARABIA

Ibn Zahr's MTBE Plant Shut Down for Repairs

MEES understands that the newly constructed 500,000 tons/year methyl tertiarybutyl ether (MTBE) plant at Jubail has been encountering problems since itstarted production last summer. Output was running at around 60-70% of capacityearlier this year, and the plant has now been completely shut down for severalweeks in order to undertake repairs. It is understood that the basic problemlies with the dehydrogenation...