VOL. XL

No. 32

11-August-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Yanpet Awards Four Contracts For Expansion Project

The Saudi Yanbu' Petrochemical Company (Yanpet) on 5 August awarded four contracts forthe expansion of its petrochemical complex in Yanbu'. The expansion (Yanpet 2), which willcost an estimated $2bn and is due for completion by 2000 (MEES, 19 May), willconsist of an 800,000 ton/year ethylene cracker, a 535,000 t/y polyethlene plant, a410,000 t/y ethylene glycol plant and a 260,000 t/y polypropylene...