VOL. XXXVI

NO. 34

24-MAY-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Another Fire Shuts Down Hydrocracker At Jubail Refinery

A fire on 19 May has shut down the 45,000 b/d hydrocracker unit at thePetromin-Shell export refinery in Jubail, the refinery's Executive VicePresident, Mr. Mike Hall announced last week. The fire, which was confined to abutane stripping unit of the hydrocracker, was put out after two and a halfhours. Mr. Hall said that last week's fire was not connected to the fire inMarch at the same hydrocracker,...