BAHRAIN

GPIC Exports Its First Shipments of Ammonia and Methanol 

The Bahrain-based Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) - the joint-venture firm owned by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain - on 14 August exported its first shipment of methanol and liquid ammonia. The $400mn plant - with a capacity of 1,000 t/day of ammonia and 1,000 t/day of methanol - was commissioned last July (MEES, 15 July). The plant was constructed by Italy's Snamprogetti and the ammonia/methanol...