Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 34

22-August-2005

SUDAN

Khartoum Refinery Shuts Until September; Upgrade By Year End

Sudans 70,000 b/d Khartoum Refinery closed on 1 August as part of a general maintenance program under which it shuts down every two years. It will reopen in mid-September. The refinery last underwent maintenance two-and-a-half years ago. The refinery is being expanded to 100,000 b/d to cope with the country's increasing diesel demand and is on target to complete the...