VOL. XXXVI

NO. 35

31 MAY 1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Petrokemya To Complete Ethylene Cracker In July

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced last week that itswholly-owned subsidiary Arabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya) will completein July the capacity expansion project of its Jubail complex. The projectentails the construction of a new cracker with a capacity of 500,000 tons/yearof ethylene, 300,000 t/y of propylene, 100,000 t/y of butadienne and 70,000 t/yof benzene. Feedstock of...