LIBYA

Yugoslav Firm Starts Ethylene Complex at Ras Lanuf

The Yugoslav firm Hemijska Industria Pancevo (HIP) has put into operation as of end-April the 330,000 t/y ethylene complex at Ras Lanuf, according to the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug. The $60mn contract was carried out as part of a two-year technical assistance agreement whereby HIP organized production and maintenance as well as training 200 Libyans at Pancevo. The first stage of the petrochemical complex was built by Italy's...