SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Will Proceed with Looping of East-West Pipeline 

Saudi Arabia is now definitely going ahead with the full looping of its East-West (Petroline) pipeline, official Saudi oil sources tell MEES. Thus will permit a potential doubling of the line's capacity to around 3.7mn b/d from the present 1.85mn b/d. The 1,200-km. pipeline runs from the Abqaiq/Ghawar oilfields in the Eastern Province to Yanbu' on the Red Sea coast. The loop line, running parallel to...