SAUDI ARABIA

Aramco Denies Corrosion Problem in Petroline 

The Arabian American Oil Company has strenuously denied recent reports that it is rushing ahead with the construction of a new Trans-Peninsular crude oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia because the existing 1,200-km. East-West Pipeline (Petroline) has a serious corrosion problem. In a statement issued on 22 May, Aramco said that in its routine inspection program for the pipelines it operates in the Kingdom, test results have shown...