VOL XL

No. 03

20-January-1997

The Oil Industry, Economic DevelopmentAnd The Private Sectorby Ali al-Naimi

The following is the text of an address delivered, in Arabic,by the Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mr. Ali al-Naimi, at a meetingof the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Eastern Province held in Damman, SaudiArabia, on 18 December 1996. This version is a MEES translation from the originalArabic.

I propose in my presentation to speak about therole of the Saudi oil...