GPCA ’16: GCC petchem makers need to manage cost, invest in tech

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DUBAI (ICIS)--Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) petrochemical producers need to look at internal measures to compete with their counterparts in the US and China that enjoy greater availability of feedstocks, a senior executive said late on Sunday. North America’s shale gas production and China’s coal-to-chemicals development have changed the landscape for the Middle East petrochemical industry, said Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA).