VOL.XXXIXNo. 65/6623/30-December-1996SAUDI ARABIA

RabighRefinery Upgrade Project Not Due For Completion Until End 2002 MEES understands that Aramco's blueprint for the $1.79bn Rabigh refinery upgradeproject does not envisage completion of the main upgrading andsecondary conversion facilities planned under the program before end-November2002. This six-year construction schedule is significantly longer thanprevious estimates which had assumed a completion target for the project in theyear 2000...