VOL. XXXVI

NO. 8

23-NOVEMBER-1992

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC and Taiwanese Company Form Joint Venture for Diethylhexanol Plant

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the Taiwan FertilizerCompany (TFC) have formed a 50-50 joint venture for the establishment of a newpetrochemical plant which will produce 150,000 tons/year of diethlyhexanol. Theplant, the first of its kind in the Middle East, will go onstream in 1995 andwill be located in Jubail, where it will have easy access to feedstocks of...