VOL. XXXVII

NO. 1

4-OCTOBER-1993

BAHRAIN

GPIC's Operating Profit Declines By 43% In 1992

The Bahrain-based Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) - thejoint-venture firm owned by the Bahrain National Oil Company (Banoco), theSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Kuwait's Petrochemical IndustriesCompany (PIC) - registered an operating profit in 1992 of BD8.6mn ($22.8mn), a43% drop from the 1991 profit of BD19.9mn ($52.8mn), according to the company's1992 Anuual Report which has just...