VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 29

17-APRIL-1995

OAPEC

Refining Capacity And Throughput In the Arab States

In 1992 the total design capacity of refineries in the Arab states stood at283.5mn metric tons (5.8mn b/d), an increase of 50% from the 1982 level of188.8mn tons (3.9mn b/d), and is projected to rise to 302.7mn tons (6.2mn b/d)by the year 2000, according to recent figures published by the Organization ofArab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in a valuable two volume study whichhas been recently...