VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 20

13-FEBRUARY-1995

Kuwait

PIC/Union Carbide To Use IFP Technology For Butene-1 Production

The joint venture between the Kuwait Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC)and Union Carbide of the US, which is planning to construct and operate a $2bnpetrochemical complex for the production of ethylene, polyethylene and ethyleneglycol, has obtained a license from the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP) forthe utilization of IFP alphabutol process technolgy for the production of around...