VOL. XL

No. 40

6-October-1997

KUWAIT

Trial Runs Start At Equate's Petrochemical Plant In Kuwait; Full Production ExpectedShortly

The Kuwait-US joint-venture firm Equate Petrochemical Company - owned 45% by the KuwaitPetrochemical Industries Company (PIC), 45% by Union Carbide of the US and 10% by theKuwaiti private shareholding firm Bubiyan Petrochemical Company - has begun trial runs atits newly-constructed $2bn plant, which has the capacity to produce 650,000 tons/year ofethylene, 450,000 t/y...