Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Refinery to Reach Full Capacity This Week After Maintenance

Wall Street Journal | Summer Said | 5.12.2013

State-giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, has restarted its Red Sea Yanbu refinery, which it owns with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), after nearly two months of maintenance to bring a new clean-fuel project online and the plant will reach ... Continue Reading its full capacity this week, two people familiar with the matter said Sunday. The refinery, which is operated by Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co., or SAMREF, has a capacity of about 400,000 barrels a day of Saudi Arabian crude oil, half of which is consumed domestically, but will only reach that level in a few days, the people told Dow Jones Newswires. hide