VOL. XXXIV

NO. 33

20-MAY-1991

UAE

Dubai Refinery Still at Feasibility Study Stage

The UAE Defense Minister, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Rashid Al Maktum, has confirmedthat a feasibility study is currently being carried out for the refinery projectat Jebel Ali, and that the Government of Dubai has not yet taken any decision togo ahead with the project. However, he went on to say that the need for such arefinery was felt during the Gulf crisis when oil supplies were disrupted. Therefinery project was...