Abstract: A novel process for manufacturing a container achieved by coextruding a middle tube of material having a low oxygen transmission rate between outer and inner tubes of olefin polymer to form a multilayered tubular unit. The outer tube is cross linked and the unit is biaxially oriented to a desired size. The inner tube is sealed to itself to complete formation of the container which includes an inner layer of olefin polymer, a middle layer of material having low oxygen permeability, and a relatively strong outer layer of cross linked olefin polymer.