VOL.XXXVIII

NO.28

10-April-1995

SaudiArabia

Al-RaziAwards Mitsubishi Contract For Methanol Plant

TheSaudi Methanol Company (al-Razi) ö a 50/50 joint venture between the SaudiBasic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and a consortium of Japanese companies ledby Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company - awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries acontract to build a new methanol plant with a capacity of 850,000 tons/year on 5April. The Razi complex at Jubail went on stream in 1983 and doubled itsmethanol production...