Letter signed for Yansab HDPE plant work

Feb. 15, 2006
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has signed a letter of intent with US Shaw Stone & Webster for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the large Yansab petrochemical complex under development in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 15 -- Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has signed a letter of intent with US Shaw Stone & Webster for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the large Yansab petrochemical complex under development in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

Production of more than 4 million tonnes/year of various petrochemicals at Yansab will include 400,000 tonnes/year of HDPE (OGJ, Dec. 19, 2005, Newsletter).