Saudi Arabia

From: Middle East | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Smith, Pamela Ann | Copyright information

The continuing poor outlook for world oil prices and the global financial disarray of recent weeks have concentrated minds in many countries, not least Saudi Arabia. Despite the doom and gloom in emerging markets the outcome could be a positive one for the Kingdom in the mediumterm, bankers and analysts say. By Pamela Ann Smith.

Policies aimed at adding value to the country's crude oil resources and promoting non-oil exports may now be accelerated, along with efforts to allow the priv...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Vulcan Forms Chloralkali JV With Mitsui.(Vulcan Chemicals, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. joint venture)
Chemical Market Reporter ; About 210,000 tons of chlorine and 230,000 ton of caustic will be added. The joint venture will construct and operate a chloralkali plant at the Geismar facility, which will add annual capacity of approximately 210,000 tons of chlorine and 230,000 tons of caustic soda. In addition, the joint
United States-Armenia Joint Venture To Boost Gold Production
Armenian Reporter, The ; Armenian Reporter, The 04-12-1997 United States-Armenia Joint Venture To Boost Gold Production Armenia is embarking on an ambitious program to develop its gold resources. An American-Armenian joint venture, called Global Gold Armenia, hopes to produce 18 tons of pure gold from Armenian deposits by
Steel pipe joint venture gets up and running
China Daily ; SHANGHAI: A Sino-Malaysian steel pipe joint venture was officially launched here yesterday, aiming to cash in on China's emerging oil and gas pipe business and also tapping the overseas market. The joint venture, Shanghai BSW Petropipe Co Ltd, will have an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons
Toray to Form a Polyester Films Joint Venture in China.
Chemical Market Reporter ; ... annual clip. Local reports indicate that the joint venture will supply the industrial packaging market. According to CEInet, a news and information website for Chinese business, fertilizer output in China is expected to reach 1.5 billion tons by the end of ...
Philippine Joint Venture to Increase Its PVC Capacity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Chemical Market Reporter ; RENEWED STRONG demand for polyvinyl chloride in the Philippines is prompting a two-stage expansion by Philippine Resins Industries Inc. that will more than double its PVC capacity by 2002. The company is a joint venture among Tosoh Corporation (20 percent), Mitsubishi Corporation (20 percent),