SAUDI ARABIA

Luberef Produces 1.7mn Barrels of Lube Oils in 1984

The Petromin Lubricating Oil Refining Company (Luberef) - owned 70% by Petromin and 30% by Mobil - produced 1.7mn barrels of lube oils from its Jiddah refinery in 1984, according to a Petromin announcement. The refinery went on stream in 1978 and its design capacity was subsequently raised from the original 1mn barrels/year to 1.6-1.7mn barrels/year (MEES, 14 November 1983).