Arab refinery output rises by 600,000 bpd

Production from the Arab world’s refineries has grown by over 600,000 barrels per day over the past five years, and capacity is set to surge by over 2 million bpd when new projects are completed, according to official data.

The Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (Oapec) latest report says most of the increase between 2001 and 2005 came from expansion in refineries in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait as production in other Arab countries have remained almost unchanged in the absence of new major projects.

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