VOL. XXXII

NO. 39

3-JULY-1989

SAUDI ARABIA

Shell Wins Feasibility Study for Yanpet's Plant

The Saudi Yanbu' Petrochemical Company (Yanpet) - a 50-50 joint venturebetween the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Mobil ChemicalCompany - has awarded Shell a contract for a feasibility study on a new ethyleneoxide/glycol plant to be built at Yanpet's complex in Yanbu'.

The project, known as Yanpet 2, involves the construction of facilities for a200,000 ton/year monoethylene glycol unit which...