VOL. XXXIX

No. 39

24-June-1996

BAHRAIN

GPIC Begins Construction Of Urea Plant

The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) - owned in equal shares by the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) and the Bahrain National Oil Company (Banoco) - which has facilities for the production of ammonia and methanol with a capacity of 440,000 tons/year of each has begun the construction of a new urea unit with a capacity of 1,700 tons/day at...