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| 7445 Subject |
450 مليون دولار لانتاج الميثانول في مرحلة التنفيذ بتعاون كندي Earlier announced $ 450 million project to produce methanol seems progressing. |
| Date Published | Sunday, November 28, 2004 |
| Source Name | Asharq Al Awsat |
| Location Name | Cairo |
| Description | Egypt Minister of Petroleum, Eng. Sameh Fahmy, has announced that measures have been initiated to proceed with $ 450 million project to produce 1.3 million tons/ year of methanol. He added that a Canadian Company identified as Methanics offered to acquire 60 % of the project equity. He revealed that Methanics controls almost 25 % of the world annual methanol production. Other potential shareholders include the Holding Co. for Petrochemicals (to hold 24 %) & Citibank (to hold 16 %). |
| Sectors Section |
Beneficiary Sectors - Petroleum - Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Petrochemicals - Industry Petrochemicals |