VOL. XXXIV

NO. 7

19-NOVEMBER-1990

Saudi Arabia

Tenders Invited for Jiddah Refinery Catalytic Cracker

The Saudi Arabian Marketing and Refining Company (Samarec) has invited bidsfor a contract to upgrade the 95,000 b/d Jiddah refinery. The bids, which aredue for submission by 26 December, are for work, estimated at $15mn, on a fluidcatalytic cracker at the facility. The contract entails the modernization of thecracker which would increase gasoline production capacity by some 50% to 18,000b/d. The...