VOL. XXXIII

NO. 47

27-AUGUST-1990

Oil Supplies & Gulf Crisis

Saudi Arabia Boosts Saudi Crude Availability to Japan

MEES understands that Saudi Arabia has agreed to increase its September crudedeliveries to Japanese customers by 210,000 b/d, bringing September liftings upto 460,000 b/d as compared with the regular contractual volumes of 250,000 b/d.Notification to this effect was received by the Japanese buyers concerned fromSaudi Aramco late last week.

Five Japanese customers - Nippon Oil,...