VOL. XXXI

NO. 29

25-APRIL-1988

SAUDI ARABIA

Santa Fe-Braun Wins Engineering Contract for Petroline Expansion

Aramco has awarded the Kuwaiti-owned firm Santa Fe-Braun an engineeringcontract for the projected expansion of the throughput capacity of SaudiArabia's East-West pipeline (Petroline) to around 5mn b/d from the current 3.2mnb/d. MEES understands that the Santa Fe-Braun contract has a maximum value of$35mn, while the total cost of the expansion project is estimated at $800mn.Under the...