VOL. XL

No. 35

1-September-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

With Shaybah Project Nearly Complete, Other Crude Expansion Options Likely To BeRevisited

With the 500,000 b/d Shaybah oilfield development program now on-track for completionnext year, Saudi Aramco is likely to be revisiting a number of upstream project optionswhich the company had previously put on hold. At least four fields are currently beingconsidered for expansion and surface facility upgrading over the next several years. Withthe exception of...