SAUDI ARABIA

First Exports from Petromin-Shell Refinery to Start in June

Saudi Arabia's second export refinery at Jubail - owned 50/50 by Petromin and Shell - is scheduled to start exports of products in the first week of June. According to a senior official of the Petromin Shell Refinery Company, a shipment of some 30,000-50,000 tons of fuel oil from the new 250,000 b/d plant is expected shortly, with two or three other shipments scheduled later in June. Throughput at the refinery,...