VOL. XLII

No. 37

13-September-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Crude Buyers Prepare For Possible Export Squeeze As Aramco Hikes DomesticRuns

Rising refining runs in the Kingdom and the start-up of anexport contract with a new term buyer in India could put pressure on SaudiAramcos export allocations for October. If so, the most likely losers will bethe Saudi firms customers in Europe and possibly the United States. Domesticoperators in Saudi Arabia started cranking up throughput rates several weeksago when...