VOL. XXXVI

NO. 46

16-AUGUST-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Petrokemya's Ethylene Cracker At Jubail Begins Trial Runs

The Vice Chairman of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Mr.Ibrahim 'Abd Allah ibn Salamah, announced 11 August that its wholly-ownedsubsidiary the Arab Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya) has completed the construction of its capacity expansion project at its Jubail complex and that theplant has now started trial runs (MEES, 31 May).

The project entailed the construction of a new...