SAUDI ARABIA - Higher Quality Fuels.Most of the refineries have been producing unleaded gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by and high quality gasoil since the beginning of 2001. Imports of gasoline and gasoil have been stopped. By 2006, the Saudi domestic refineries at Yanbu' and Riyadh Riyadh or Riad (both: rēäd`), city (1997 est. pop. 3,000,000), capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, in the Nejd, central Saudi Arabia. It is situated in an oasis, c.240 mi (390 km) inland from the Persian Gulf. would have switched to lower-sulphur gasoil/diesel as part of a government initiative to improve the air quality. Domestic gasoline consumption has risen rapidly in recent years, despite an increase in domestic oil prices since early 1995. Consumption of gasoline and gasoil/diesel has been growing by 5% per annum Per annum Yearly. in recent years (see DT No. 13). Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the world's largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. restructed the local refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar and distribution system at the end of 2000 and called it Refining, Supply and Distribution Sector. This now consists of three refining, supply and distribution departments. The Eastern Department has the Ras Tanura Ras Tanura (more accurately Ra's Tannūrah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning "top/head of the barbecue spit") is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. refinery plus operating, maintenance and engineering units, the oil supply planning and administration department, and the local marketing and technical support department. The Central Department has the Riyadh refinery and related distribution grid. The Western Department has the Rabigh Rabigh (Arabic:رابغ) is an ancient town on the western coast of Saudi Arabia (Red Sea). It is in Makkah Province. It used to be named "Al-Johfa" until the early years of the 17th century. , Yanbu' and Jeddah refineries and a related distribution units. There are many storage plants and jet fuelling stations in various parts of the kingdom. Some tanker lorries have to travel thousands of kilometres. To improve the infrastructure, Saudi Aramco has invested in a multi-product pipeline between the Eastern Province, Riyadh and Qassim and a similar pipeline linking Jeddah to the Yanbu' and Rabigh refineries.
THE SAUDI OIL REFINING CAPACITY ('000 b/d)
Area Ownership 2003 2006/10
R.Tanura Saudi Aramco 500 1,000
Rabigh Saudi Aramco 400 480
Yanbu' Saudi Aramco 235 260
Riyadh Saudi Aramco 140 140
Jeddah Saudi Aramco 45 95
Khafji Saudi Aramco Gulf 30 30
Yanbu' S. Aramco/Mobil 400 450
Jubail S. Aramco/Shell 320 350
Total 2,070 2,805
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