Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 30

26-July-2004

SAUDI ARABIA

Linde Wins SABIC Petrochemical Project Contract

Germanys Linde announced on 19 July that it had been awarded a $200mn contract for the construction of a facility to produce linear alpha olefins from the Jubail United Petrochemical Company (UNITED), a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). The project will be carried out by the Linde subsidiary Linde-KCA Dresden in close cooperation with the Linde joint venture...