VOL. XXXII

NO. 29

24-APRIL-1989

ARAB REFINING INDUSTRY FACES CHALLENGE OF UPGRADING AND MODERNIZATION

(MEES Executive Editor Walid Khadduri reports on the recent OAPEC-sponsoredArab refining seminar in Kuwait.)

The pressing need to upgrade Arab refineries to maximize conversion ofresidual fuel oil into lighter products dominated discussions during thethree-day seminar on "Arab Refining Industries in the Nineties"sponsored by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) inKuwait...