SAUDI ARABIA 

NCP Olefins Cracker Project Start-Up Delayed, Targets 2Q

The start-up of the National Chevron Phillips (NCP) petrochemical project in Jubail has seen further delays and is now expected to begin operations sometime this quarter, MEES understands. The sponsors had originally been targeting the first quarter of 2011 and then the date slipped to the fourth quarter. It was delayed as a result of design issues discovered during commissioning and as a result extra safety...