VOL. XLII

No 43

25-October-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Al-Razi Methanol Plant Begins Trial Production

The Saudi Methanol Company (al-Razi) announced on 16 Octoberthat it has successfully introduced trial production of chemical grade methanolat the fourth al-Razi methanol plant at al-Jubail. When fully operational theplant will add a further 850,000 tons/year of production capacity to thecompany痴 current potential of 2.25mn t/y. Al-Razi is the world痴 largestsingle-complex methanol producer, and as with the...