SAUDI ARABIA

Ibn Sina and Kemya Gear up for Commercial Operations

The National Methanol Company (Ibn Sina), whose 700,000 ton/year methanol plant at Jubail went on stream last June (MEES, 9 July), began commercial operations on l November, according to Mr. Ibrahim ibn Salamah, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). Mr. Salamah said that Ibn Sina - owned 50/50 by SABIC and Celanese Corporation/Texas Eastern Corporation of the US - is...