VOL. XLIV

No. 22

28-May-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

Al-'Umair Takes Up Post As New Chairman Of Sasref

Muhammad al-'Umair has taken up his post as Chairman of the Saudi Aramco Shell Refining Company (Sasref), replacing Majid al-Muqalla who has been transferred to Saudi Aramco in Riyadh. In 2000, production from Sasrefs Jubail refinery rose to 305,000 b/d. In April 2000 Sasref began trials after Foster Wheeler Italiana (the Italian subsidiary of Foster Wheeler of the US) had carried out upgrade work at the...