SAUDI ARABIA

Aramco Awards More Contracts for Petroline's Expansion 

The Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) on 30 April awarded two contracts worth around a total of $160mn for the expansion of the capacity of its 1,200-km. EastWest Pipeline (Petroline) which runs from the Abqaiq/Ghawar oil- fields in the Eastern Province to Yanbu' on the Red Sea. The expansion involves a looping of the existing line with 56-inch pipe to raise throughput capacity by roughly 60% from the...