SAUDI ARABIA

First Export from SABIC's YANPET Plant 

The Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company (YANPET) - owned 50/50 by the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Mobil - has made its first shipment of some 1,300 tons of low-density polyethylene, according to a company announcement. The YANPET plant which went on stream last month, has a design capacity to produce 450,000 tons of ethylene, 200,000 tons of ethylene glycol, 200,000 tons of linear low-density polyethylene and...