VOL. XL

No. 6

10-February-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Sadaf's MTBE Plant To Be Inaugurated Shortly

According to the Saudi Minister of Industry and Electricity, Dr. Hashim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Hashim Yamani, the Saudi Petrochemical Company (Sadaf) will this month officially inaugurate its new 700,000 ton/year plant at Jubail which is designed to produce methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) or ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE). Sadaf is a 50/50 joint venture between the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation...