VOL. XL

No. 46

17-November-1997

KUWAIT

Kuwait Inaugurates Equate's $2Bn Petrochemical Plant

The Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, inaugurated on 12 November the new$2bn petrochemical plant owned by the Kuwait-US joint venture, the Equate PetrochemicalCompany. The firm - owned 45% by the Kuwait Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), 45% byUnion Carbide of the US and 10% by the Kuwaiti private shareholding firm BubiyanPetrochemical Company - had started trial runs at the complex...