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Saudi Arabia - SABIC Is To Raise Petrochemical Output To 60M T/Y.


The Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
SABIC Sample-Band Image Coding (currency counterfeit deterrence technique) 
) is to raise its production of petrochemicals from 43 million tons/year at the beginning of 2005 to 60m t/y by 2008. SABIC has become a global player, having established itself as the world's third-largest producer of polyethylene polyethylene (pŏl'ēĕth`əlēn), widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2=CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n  and the fourth-largest producer of polymers. Already it is the biggest producer of petrochemicals in the Middle East.

For its expansion, SABIC is to receive increased volumes of feedstocks from the state-owned Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the world's largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. , consisting mainly of natural gas and LPG LPG: see liquefied petroleum gas.

1. LPG - Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities.
 (see Gas Market Trends).
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Date:Jun 27, 2005
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