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September 14, 2006
DrumBeat: September 9, 2006
[Update by Leanan on 09/09/06 at 9:21 AM EDT]Shell Says Cost, Lack of Gas Are Slowing Saudi Plans
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said a lack of natural gas and rising construction costs are slowing down the planned expansion of a chemicals plant in Saudi Arabia that it owns with Saudi Basic Industries Corp.[Update by Super G on 09/09/06 at 9:54 AM EDT] Paul Salopek has been freed from prison in the Sudan. He is author of the Chicago Tribune's great series on peak oil.The plans call for expanding the Saudi Arabia Petrochemical Co., or Sadaf, petrochemicals complex in Jubail by adding a second plant for the production of ethylene, a gas derivative commonly used to make chemicals. The project is suffering from a shortage of natural gas in the country, said Robert Weener, the chairman of Shell Companies in Saudi Arabia, yesterday at a London conference.
Posted by dymaxion at September 14, 2006 11:21 PM