SAUDI ARABIA
Petrokemya's Butene-1 Plant Starts Up
The Arabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya) - a 100% owned subsidiary of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) - has started up its 50,000-ton/year butene-l unit at Jubail. The new unit will supply feedstock to the Kingdom's linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plants. Production of ethylene from Petrokemya's 500,000-ton/year plant began in 1985, and a new polystyrene unit with a capacity of 100,000 tons/year is...
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