Yanbu Refinery maintenance shutdown scheduled

26 August 2010

A major maintenance shutdown has been scheduled by Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil at their Yanbu refinery in 2013 after completing work there earlier this year, Bloomberg has reported, citing a person with knowledge of the plan. The refinery, on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, plans to close for around 45 days starting in February 2013 to boost the reliability of the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC).

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