Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 26

28-June-2004

ISRAEL

Israel Proposes To Privatize Ashdod Oil Refinery By Tender, Haifa Plant Through IPO

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Infrastructure Minister Joseph Paritzky have agreed to propose a privatization program for majority state-owned Oil Refineries that will see the companys two plants in Haifa and Ashdod privatized separately. According to a Globes report of 15 June, the two ministers have endorsed a privatization plan...