VOL. XXX

NO. 24

23-MARCH-1987

SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh Lube Blending Plant Inaugurated

The new joint venture lube oil blending plant in Riyadh - owned 51% byMuhammad 'Abd Allah al-Jumaih and 49% by Shell Lubricating Oil Company - wasofficially inaugurated last week by the Amir of Riyadh, Prince Salman ibn 'Abdal-'Aziz. The plant, which was built at a cost of SR96mn ($25.6mn), started upin October 1985 with an annual capacity of 50,000 tons. It uses base stocks fromthe Jiddah plant of the Petromin...