VOL. XLII

No 49

6-December-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC痴 Industrial Gas Plant In Yanbu' Begins TrialProduction

Saudi Arabia痴 National Industrial Gases Company (GAS) hasbegun trial production of oxygen and nitrogen at its new Yanbu' plant. GAS iscapitalized SR124mn ($33mn) and owned 70% by the Saudi Basic IndustriesCorporation (SABIC) and 30% by a group of Saudi producers of industrial gases.In April 1997 GAS signed a contract with Germany痴 Linde and Riyadh-basedLinarco for the construction of a...