VOL. XL

No. 49

8 December 1997

SAUDI ARABIA

New CCR At Ras Tanura Refinery Scheduled For Completion In January, Other UnitsOnstream Mid-1998

It appears that Aramco is now planning to bring a new 40,000 b/d continuous catalyticreformer envisaged under the Ras Tanura refinery upgrading project onstream as early asnext month. This represents a considerable advancement over the June 1998 timetable mootedpreviously (MEES, 21 July). The January completion schedule is thought to pertainto that one...