Aramco refinery to start production in 2014

The world’s largest state-owned company, its planned refinery in the industrial city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, will start production in 2014. Al Helal explained that the start was delayed from 2013 after , the world’s largest state-owned company, its planned refinery in the industrial city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, will start production in 2014. Al Helal explained that the start was delayed from 2013 after ConocoPhillips withdrew from the project. Al Helal said the Yanbu refinery will process 400,000 barrels of heavy crude a day to produce diesel fuel and gasoline, ith sulfur and petroleum coke as by-products. (December 29, 2010)