SAUDI ARABIA

UPM to Conduct Study on Oil Well Scaling 

The Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) and Saudi Arabia's University of Petroleum and Minerals (UPM) have signed an agreement under which the latter is to conduct a five-year research program on oil well scaling and environmental monitoring for Aramco. Under the program UPM will also examine the toxic effects of discharges in the Gulf in an attempt to improve data on the relationship between marine processes and offshore...