VOL. XXXIV

NO. 9

3-DECEMBER-1990

Saudi Arabia

Fire at Ras Tanura Refinery Put Out

A fire, which raged for nearly four hours last Friday at Saudi Arabia's530,000 b/d refinery in Ras Tanura, was put out in the early afternoon. The firewas reported to have started at around noon at a crude distillation unit (PlantNo. 1) and was caused by a leak, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Threeworkers were slightly hurt. It is not yet clear whether the refinery'sthroughput, which has been running at around...