VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 25

20-MARCH-1995

Saudi Arabia

Central Arabia's Super Light Fields Now Producing 200,000 B/D

MEES learns that Saudi Aramco's production of Arab Super Light (ASL) crudefrom the Hawtah fields in central Arabia reached 200,000 b/d in the first weekof March and that throughput will be sustained at this level for the foreseeable future. The Hawtah fields were inaugurated inSeptember 1994 at 170,000b/d and output has been raised gradually as teething problems were resolved andthe field...