VOL. XLII

No. 24

14-June-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC Renews Contract To Supply MTBE To Pakistan

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announcedthat it signed on 6 June an agreement to supply Pakistan with 120,000 tons/yearof methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The two-year agreement is the sixthconsecutive contract between the two parties. SABIC has been supplying Pakistanwith MTBE since 1994. SABIC is a major exporter of MTBE, a gasoline additiveand octane enhancer used to reduce air...