VOL. XXXVII

NO. 28

11-APRIL-1994

The Refining Industry: A Middle Eastern Perspective

by Mohammed Saleh Shaikh Ali

The following article is a summary adaptation of Mr. Shaikh Ali'spresentation to the 2nd Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference heldin Bahrain earlier this year. Mr. Shaikh Ali is the Chief Executive & BoardMember of the Bahrain National Oil Company (Banoco).

By and large, the oil industry has always viewed the refining process as ameans to an end, a factory where crude...