SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Methanol Plant Output Exceeds Capacity

The National Methanol Company (Ibn Sina) - a 50/50 joint venture between the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Celanese Corporation and Texas Eastern Corporation of the US - is currently running its Jubail petrochemical plant at 118Z of capacity, according to the company's president, Mr. Khalid al-Rawaf. The Jubail plant, which started up in June 1984 with a design capacity of 700,000 tons/year of methanol, has...