PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO <P> UNIT BUILDS NEW PLANT
Phillips Petroleum Co said
its Provesta Corp unit will build a semi-commercial
fermentation products plant with capacity of more than 3 mln
lbs a year of Provesteen yeast.
    The company said construction of the plant is set to begin
in August with completion due April-May 1988.
    It said the plant will be built by Jacobs Engineering Group
Inc <JEC>.
    The company said the purpose of the plant is to demonstrate
a scale-up of Phillips and Provesta's fermentation technology.
 Reuter
