VOL. XLIV

No. 16

16-April-2001

LEBANON

Lebanon Looks To Private Sector To Rebuild Refineries

The Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Muhammad 'Abd al-Hamid Baydun, has said that the government wants the private sector to rebuild the countrys two refineries and undertake the domestic distribution of petroleum products. The 21,000 b/d Tripoli refinery in north Lebanon has been shut down since September 1992, while the 15,000 b/d Zahrani refinery south of Beirut ceased operations at the end of...