Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 50

12-December-2005

SAUDI ARABIA

Saipem To Convert East-West Oil Pipeline Loop To Gas

Saipem announced on 2 December it had won a contract to convert the East-West (EWG-1) loop oil pipeline to pump gas. The renovated pipeline will deliver gas to the industrial zone in Yanbuʹ alongside the original EWG line which was converted to gas in 2002. The lump sum turnkey contract was awarded by Saudi Aramco and involves decruding, cleaning and purging the existing...