Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 17

27-Apr-2009

SAUDI ARABIA

Completion Expected Within Weeks On 250,000 B/D Shaybah Expansion

Work on the 250,000 b/d expansion to the Arab Extra Light Shaybah field in Saudi Arabias Empty Quarter should be finished within weeks, a Saudi-based source tells MEES. The project will then be handed over to Saudi Aramco and they should finish the commissioning within a couple of months. The increment, which will boost Shaybah capacity to 750,000 b/d, was to have...