VOL. XXXVIIINO. 1616-JANUARY-1995

Saudi Arabia

Aramco Hits Production Snags at ASL Fields, But Output Remains On Track

Although Aramco's upstream personnel have encountered technical difficultiesincluding water coning and sand clogging at submersible pumps at the Kingdom'sCentral Arabian oilfields somewhat earlier than originally anticipated, theproblems do not appear to have had any appreciable impact on overall flows ofthe Kingdom's new Arab Super Light (ASL) blend. ASL is produced from the...