VOL. XL No. 1728-April-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Ras Tanura Upgrading Project Now Scheduled ForCompletion In Second Quarter 1998

Commissioning of the $1.5bn Ras Tanura refinery upgrading program appears tohave been set back at least until the second quarter of 1998, and possiblybeyond. This represents a slight delay from the first quarter 1998 start-upschedule envisaged early last year (MEES, 26 February 1996). While the upgradingproject will boost crude throughput at the plant to 300,000 b/d from the...