Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 11

14-March-2005

SAUDI ARABIA

New Private Joint Venture Petrochemical Project Planned For Al-Jubail

Three private firms in Saudi Arabia have announced plans to form a joint venture to establish a SR6bn ($1.6bn) cracker in al-Jubail Industrial City. The three firms are National Petrochemical Industrialization Company (NPIC), Sahara Petrochemical Company (part of the Zamil group, founded in August 2004 MEES, 30 August 2004), and Basell Holdings Middle East....