VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Cabinet Formalizes Supreme Petroleum Councils Takeover Of Saudi Aramcos Supreme Council

At a meeting on 16 October the Saudi Council of Ministers formalized a decision contained in a Royal Edict (A/212, 27/9/1420AH) issued in January replacing the Supreme Council of Saudi Aramco with the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Mineral Affairs (MEES, 10 January). The same Royal Edict established the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Mineral Affairs,...