VOL. XLV

No 16

22-April-2002

SAUDI ARABIA

CPChem/SIIG Announce$1Bn Jubail Aromatics Project Expansion

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem) and theSaudiIndustrialInvestment Group (SIIG) on 10 April announced a $1bninvestment plan for their aromatics complex in Jubail.New products will includebenzene, ethylbenzene, styrene and propylene, and start-up is expected in 2006.The plan is for most of the facility痴 styrene to be exported outside the Gulfregion, with other products and co-products...