VOL. XXXVI

NO. 24

15-MARCH-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Fire Shuts Down Hydrocracker at Petromin-Shell Refinery

A small fire has shut down the hydrocracker unit at the Petromin-Shell exportrefinery in Jubail, a Shell official announced last week. The official said thatthe fire on 9 March broke out when a feed line split and poured hot fuel on anelectric pump, but it was swiftly brought under control. He went on to say thatthe refinery management brought forward immediately a two-week maintenanceperiod which...