Supplement to VOL. XXXI

NO. 31

9-MAY-1988

SAUDI ABABIAN OIL POLICY: RESTRUCTURING AT HOME AND DOWNSTREAM PENETRARTION OVERSEAS

by Ian Seymour

(In the following article - based on MEES soundings of current thinking in Saudi Arabia - MEES Editor Ian Seymour examines the main themes of current Saudi oil policy, with particular emphasis on plans to re- structure the oil industry in Saudi Arabia and to develop a presence in the downstream market over- seas.)

Against the background of a turbulent and...