VOL. XLII

No. 33

16-August-1999

KUWAIT

Kuwait痴 Equate Petrochemical To Boost Capital

The Kuwait-US joint venture Equate Petrochemical Company announced on 5August 1999 that it would increase its capital from KD86mn ($282mn) to KD306mn($1bn) within the third quarter of this year. A company statement said that therecapitalization was being undertaken to strengthen the capital structure ofthe company to improve its profitability, "which was negatively affected bythe length, depth and timing of the...