VOL. XLVII

No 01

5-January-2004

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC Announces Plans For New Petrochemical Complex At Yanbu

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced on 22 December plans for the construction of a new petrochemical plant complex to be located at the Yanbu Industrial City on the Red Sea coast. The new ethylene cracker, which is expected to come on-stream in 2007, will have an annual production capacity of 1.3mn tons/year.In addition, other new plants will be constructed with capacities of...