VOL. XL

No. 45

10-November-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Al Razi's Third Methanol Plant Starts Commercial Production

The Saudi Methanol Company (al-Razi) has started commercial production from its thirdmethanol plant which has a capacity of 850,000 tons/year. The plant will raise totalproduction capacity of methanol at the al-Razi complex to 2.25mn t/y from the 1.4mn t/y ofexisting capacity. A fourth plant, also with a capacity of 850,000 t/y, is being installedand is due for completion in mid-1999, when...