SAUDI ARABIA
 
Saudi Firms Award Butanol And Polyacetal Plant Contracts
 
Saudi Butanol Company (Sabuco) and Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC) have awarded contracts for the construction of a butanol plant and a polyacetal plant respectively, as part of the kingdom’s push to add high value and specialty chemicals to its commodity petrochemicals capacity. A SABIC joint venture has also started production in Jubail of a catalyst used in producing polyethylene and...