VOL. XXXVII

NO.4

25 OCTOBER 1993

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco/Shell To Restart Jubail Hydrocracker in November

According to a Gulf oil industry source quoted by Reuters, the 45,000 b/dhydrocracker at the Saudi Aramco/Shell refinery at Jubail will be put inoperation on 8 November, having been shut down by a fire since May (MEES, 24May). The hydrocracker's shutdown then cut naphtha production without reducingthe refinery's overall output of around 260,000 b/d. The source also said thatmaintenance work...