VOL. XLV

No 36

9-September-2002

BAHRAIN

Study OnPetrochemical Project To Begin; New Saudi Import Pipeline Planned

TheBahrain Government is in the process of selecting a company to carry out afeasibility study for a proposed petrochemical project to be set up at the Sitra oil refinery. Approval for the study was given by thecounty痴 Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) in mid-August. The integrated project,costing around $1.5bn, would consist of a naphtha cracking unit to produceethylene and propylene....