VOL. XLVI

No 39

29-September-2003

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC Considers European Expansion

SABIC EuroPetrochemicals is considering pushing ahead with a major expansion scheme that was shelved by DSM Petrochemicals the company that SABIC bought in 2002 (MEES, 8 July 2002). The plans include building a third ethylene plant at the companys production facilities at Geleen in the Netherlands at a cost of around 500mn. The ethane cracker would produce 550,000 tons/year of ethylene and would take at least three...