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...
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