EQUATE completes PE expansion project; production capacity touches 825,000 mtpa

15-Jun-09

EQUATE Petrochemical Company (Kuwait), one of the world's leading producer of polyethylene (PE) and ethylene glycol (EG), announced the completion and successful start-up of its Polyethylene (PE) expansion project. The latest piece of Greater EQUATE project increases EQUATE's overall PE production capacity to 825,000 mtpa of High Density PE (HDPE) and Linear Low Density PE (LLDPE) resins. EQUATE Marketing Company (EMC), EQUATE's sole PE outlet, will market all production from this unit and will be directing sales throughout its marketing channels. EQUATE is a joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company, Boubyan Petrochemicals Company and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company.