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GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL 14m t of new petrochemical capacity brought on stream in 2011 / Saudi Arabia leads the pack / Regional players are setting their sights to the east / Feedstock surplus will sweep global markets in near future	18.07.2012
SAUDI KAYAN Jacobs Engineering contracted for new UHMW-PE line in Al Jubail	04.07.2012
ADVANCED Agreement to source propylene from Aramco-Total joint venture in Al Jubail	13.06.2012
DOW Arbitration court orders Kuwait to pay damages of USD 2.16 bn in K-Dow case / Breach of contract	29.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS New USD 5.5 bn complex in Qatar to start in 2018 / Asia, Africa and Latin America targeted	17.02.2012
PIC Kuwaiti group plans new PET complex in Saudi Arabia / QPIC subsidiary to build hub in Al Jubail	06.01.2012
QATAR Follow-up: Shell and Qatar Petroleum ink deal on scope of proposed Ras Laffan petrochemical hub / Output to go towards growing Asian markets	16.12.2011
FAIRS “Plastivision Arabia" and “ArabMold” 2012 / New trade shows for the Middle East market / Focus on downstream activities	17.11.2011
ISRAEL Demand for plastics machinery rising / Not yet back at pre-crisis levels / Germany is the leading supplier	09.06.2011
SABIC Joint Venture with MRC to build and operate methacrylates facility in Saudi Arabia / MMA plant will be world's largest / Focus on downstream activities	01.06.2011
SIPCHEM New polymer compounding joint venture with Korea's Hanwha / Jubail-based jv to manufacture special resins used in wires and cables	09.05.2011
SABIC ACN joint venture agreed with Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi / Construction of 200,000 t/y plant in Saudi Arabia	29.04.2011
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Almost 19,000 visitors flock to ArabPlast 2011 / Machinery deals worth almost EUR 1 bn	14.02.2011
QATAR Follow-up: Shell signs MoU with Qatar Petroleum to study project / Complex to include 1.5m t MEG plant	23.12.2010
QATAR Follow-up: Shell and Total Petrochemicals pursue Ras Laffan project	03.12.2010
TOTAL Is French oil giant about to replace ExxonMobil at mega project in Ras Laffan?	01.12.2010
BASF Plans to build new antioxidant blending facility in Bahrain	21.10.2010
SAUDI KAYAN Al Jubail mega cracker starts up	06.09.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Exiting from Iran, Syria and Sudan / Polyolefin licences affected / Consequences remain unclear	27.08.2010
SAUDI KAYAN Trial run for Al Jubail PP line	25.08.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ras Laffan ethylene cracker encounters start-up problems	10.08.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Iran's president Ahmadinejad inaugurates new cracker	30.07.2010
SABIC MOUs to supply 600,000 t/y of polymers to eight Chinese customers / Deal worth EUR 690m	26.07.2010
ISRAEL Plastics industry slowly regaining strength after recession / Processing industry highly dependent on polymer imports / Europe an important trading partner / Focus on innovation and interest in cooperation	08.07.2010
BASF Ciba plans for Middle East additives jv with Astra dropped / Tolling pact to continue “New options”	05.07.2010

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