VOL. XXXIV

NO. 6

12-NOVEMBER-1990

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Asks US, Japanese and German Governments to Use Stocks toArabia Offset Any Disruption of Saudi Production

According to a report broadcast by National Public Radio in the US, the SaudiGovernment has asked the US Government to allow it to borrow crude from the USStrategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the event that Saudi production isdisrupted as a result of a Gulf war. Under the Saudi proposal, the US wouldpermit Saudi Arabia to use SPR...