Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 9

28-February-2005

SAUDI ARABIA

Natural Gas Is Engine Of Industrial Growth For Saudi Arabia, Not An Export Commodity

Saudi Arabia sees natural gas as the engine of industrial development in the years ahead, the kingdoms Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hashim al-Yamani told the Saudi Arabia: Securing the Future conference in London on 22 February. Gas to us, dry gas in particular, he continued, is something we are keeping in Saudi Arabia. We dont pipe it...