VOL. XXXII

NO. 41

17-JULY-1989

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Further Eases Volume Cuts for Contract Customers

MEES learns that Saudi Arabia has further eased its cuts on crude supplies tocontract customers for the month of August. Cuts on deliveries to Japan and someother eastern markets, which had been particularly severe during the secondquarter, have for August been reduced to 10% for direct Japanese buyers andscrapped altogether in the case of the Aramco lifters.

Saudi Arabia has notified its...