Saudi Arabia to build another world-scale plant

Journal Article · Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Chemical Week

OSTI ID:577119

Alperowicz, N

Saudi Methanol Co. (AR-RAZI), a 50-50 joint venture of Sabic and a consortium of Japanese companies led by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC), says it will invest more than $200 million in a new 850,000-m.5./year chemical-grade methanol plant at Al Jubail. The plant, Ar-Razi`s fourth methanol unit, is scheduled for completion in May 1999. The jv will bring its third methanol plant onstream in July. This unit, also 850,000 m.t./year, will raise Ar-Razi`s total capacity to 2.25 million m.t./year. Its complex at Al Jubail is already the largest single producer of chemical-grade methanol in the world. When the fourth unit comes onstream in 1999 the jv will have 3.1 million m.t./year of methanol capacity.

• OSTI ID: 577119
• Journal Information: Chemical Week, Vol. 159, Issue 18; Other Information: PBD: 7 May 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
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FINANCING
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EUROPE
MARKET
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
CONSUMPTION RATES