VOL. XXXVI

NO. 39

28-JUNE-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Ibn Zahr's Polypropylene Unit To Start Up Shortly

The Saudi European Petrochemical Company (Ibn Zahr) - owned 70% by the SaudiBasic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and 10% each by Neste Oy of Finland,Ecofuel of Italy (of the ENI group) and the Arab Petroleum InvestmentsCorporation (Apicorp) - is scheduled to start up its new 200,000 ton/yearpolypropylene unit at Jubail in the third quarter of 1993, according to Neste Oy.The latter will take some...