VOL. XXXVI

NO. 40

5-JULY-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Aramco To Export More Crude To China

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company(Saudi Aramco) is to increase its crude oil exports to China from 800,000 tonsto 3mn tons, China's Vice-Premier Li Lanqinq said last week. An agreement tothis effect was signed in Jiddah during a Gulf tour by the Chinese officialstarting in Saudi Arabia, from where he went on to Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, Omanand the UAE. It is not clear when the new agreement will come into effect.