VOL. XXXVI

NO. 23

8-MARCH-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

SAMAD to Build DOP Plant at Jubail

The al-Jubail Fertilizer Company (SAMAD) - a 50/50 joint venture between theSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the Taiwan Fertilizer Company -has confirmed that it is planning to build a 50,000 ton/year dioctylphthalate (DOP)plant near its projected 150,000 t/y diethylhexanol plant at Jubail. Both plantsare scheduled to start up in 1995 (MEES, 11 January). SAMAD has selected theDavy/Union Carbide...