VOL. XLVI

No 40

06-October-2003

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC To Construct New EG Plant At UNITED

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) on 1 October announced plans to construct a new ethylene glycol (EG) plant at Jubail United Petrochemical Company (UNITED). The new facility, SABICs seventh EG plant, will have a capacity of 625,000 tons/year. It is expected to go on-stream by the end of 2005, and will be the second EG plant at UNITED, adding to the 575,000 t/y one that is under construction. The...