VOL. XLII

No 51

20-December-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia To Introduce Unleaded Gasoline In 2001

Saudi Arabia will introduce unleaded gasoline to itsdomestic market on 1 January 2001, according to the daily Arab News,which quoted a Saudi Aramco public relations official on 15 December. Gulfstates have agreed to introduce unleaded gasoline by 2002 at the latest, ameasure that will require their refineries to undergo major upgrades. In theUS, leaded gasoline was banned in 1995 and many European...