VOL. XXXI

NO. 45

15-AUGUST-1988

IRAQ

Bechtel Awarded Petrochemical Consultancy Contract

Iraq has awarded Bechtel of the UK a contract for initial consultancyservices for the Petrochemical Complex No. 2. The proposed project, under thesupervision of a special technical team at the Ministry of Industry, has beenunder study for many years but was delayed because of the war. The complex,estimated to cost over $2bn, will include a 450,000 t/y plant for themanufacture of ethylene and derivatives, as...