VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 21

20-FEBRUARY-1995

Saudi Arabia

Aramco Drops Partial Field Mothballing Plans

MEES is reliably informed that Saudi Aramco has elected not to follow throughwith a previously-mooted program for the temporary mothballing of spareproduction capacity at heavier crude producing offshore oilfields. Offshorefields had been considered potential candidates for partial mothballing forcost-saving purposes given that these fields are generally more expensive tooperate and maintain than onshore...