NewsFlashPetro Rabigh cracker develops technical glitch - source
15 April 2009 09:31 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co’s (Petro Rabigh) newly started cracker in Saudi Arabia is experiencing a technical problem, a source close to the project said on Wednesday.
“The company is conducting checks on the cracker. Once the problem is identified, it will undertake repairs,” the source said. No further details were available.
The1.25m tonne/year cracker started up at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia on 8 April.
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