VOL. XL

No. 38

22-September-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Al-Razi And JEXIM Sign $175Mn Loan Agreement For Methanol Project

The Saudi Methanol Company (al-Razi) and the Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXIM)on14 September signed a $175mn loan agreement to help finance the construction of al-Razi'sfourth methanol plant with a capacity of 850,000 tons/year. Al-Razi's two plants currentlyproduce 1.4mn t/y of methanol and the third plant, also with a capacity of 850,000 t/y, isdue to come on stream this year....