VOL. XXX

NO. 14

12-JANUARY-1987

SAUDI ARABIA

University of Petroleum and Minerals Renamed King Fahd University

The University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, which was founded in1964 as an independent institution attached to the Saudi Ministry of Petroleumand Mineral Resources and managed by the Ministry of Higher Education to trainSaudi nationals in various aspects of petroleum technology, has now been renamedKing Fahd University.