VOL. XXXVI

NO. 10

7-DECEMBER-1992

KUWAIT

Kuwait Scales Down Plans for New Petrochemical Project

Kuwait has now decided to scale down its projected giant petrochemicalcomplex by abandoning plans for the construction of an aromatics plant for theproduction of orthoxylene and paraxylene that were included in the projectdesign approved prior to August 1990. According to a statement by the Head ofthe Marketing and Planning Division of the state-owned Petrochemical IndustriesCompany (PIC), Mr. Ahmad...