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New Middle East petrochemical capacities will upset the market

The tidal wave of Middle Eastern supply may have been slow to arrive, but it is still on its way. Now, the economic downturn means the flood will be even worse

THE INEVITABLE increase in Middle East capacity has been delayed for a long time - first because of equipment delivery delays and other resource constraints. Then, more recently, there have been suggestions that Middle East plant start-ups have been pushed back on the mistaken belief that markets would improve.

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