VOL. XLI

No. 06

9-February-1998

BAHRAIN

GPIC Starts Production Of Urea From Bahrain Plant

The Bahrain-based Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) - owned in equal sharesby the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Kuwait's Petrochemical IndustriesCompany (PIC) and the Bahrain National Oil Company (Banoco) - which owns and operates anammonia and methanol plant located at Sitra with a capacity of 440,000 t/y of eachproduct, commissioned on 17 January its newly-constructed 1,700-t/d...