VOL. XXXVII

NO.4

25-OCTOBER-1993

Oman

Oman's Refinery To Shut Down For Modification and Maintenance

Oman's state-owned 80,000 b/d refinery at Mina al-Fahal will shut down forsix weeks as from 28 October to allow the installation of a continuous catalyticregeneration (CCR) system and to carry out at the same time the normalmaintenance procedure.

The installation of the CCR system, which is being carried out by Mitsui ofJapan under a $35.8mn contract signed last November (MEES, 9 November 1992),will...