VOL. XXXII

NO. 6

14 NOVEMBER 1988

SAUDI ARABIA

Rabigh Refinery to Start Up in March 1989

The 325,000 b/d Petromin-Petrola export refinery at Rabigh is now scheduledto go on stream by next March, according to Saudi press reports. The start up,which was originally programmed for the second half of 1986 (MEES, 25 November1985), has been delayed for a number of reasons. One major problem has been theabsence of the necessary infrastructure since roads and port facilities werebuilt after the...