VOL. XLIV

No. 03

15-January-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Japans Toyo Wins Contract For New Petrokemya Polyethylene Plant In Jubail

Arabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Saudi Basic Industries Coproration (SABIC), announced on 7 January that it had awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract for a new polyethylene plant at its complex in Jubail to Japans Toyo Engineering Corporation. The plant will use UCC Unipol technology and is expected to come on stream by the mid-2003,...