VOL. XLIII

No. 29

17-July-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Trial Production Under Way At Two New SABIC Polyethylene Plants

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced that trial production is under way at two new polyethylene plants operated by its subsidiaries. Al-Jubail Petrochemical Companys (Petrokemyas) new plant in al-Jubail Industrial City is producing 220,000 tons/year of low density polyethylene (LDPE), increasing the companys annual capacity to 1.07mn t/y. A major debottlenecking of...