VOL. XLI

No. 38

21-September-1998

UAE

Sharjah Refinery To Start Up In Early 1999

The small Sharjah refinery, which is currently being assembled in the Sharjah freetrade zone of al-Hamriyyah, is expected to commence refining operations by March 1999,according to an official of the Sharjah Refining Company (SRC) - an affiliate of the FalGroup of the UAE. The refinery, which will cost some $250mn, is being put together inthree phases, expected to be completed in 2000. The first phase, to be...