VOL. XLIV

No. 04

22-January-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Switzerlands Ammonia Casale Wins Samad Ammonia Plant Debottlenecking Contract

Al-Jubail Fertilizer Company (Samad), a joint venture affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), announced on 15 January that it had awarded an engineering and procurement contract to Swiss-based Ammonia Casale to debottleneck its ammonia plant, increasing production by 10% to around 433,000 tons/year. The additional capacity, expected on stream by late 2001,...