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	Attack on key Saudi oil terminal could destabilise west \| World news \| The Guardian
		It [Ras Tanura] is the nerve centre for the Saudi oil trade but also for global exports.
		Not only is Ras Tanura or the refining centre of Abqaiq dangerously exposed to being knocked out of action by militants, but Mr Gheit also believes regime change in Saudi to a more hostile Islamic government is as inevitable as it was in Iran a quarter of a century ago.
		Ras Tanura and other terminals are heavily patrolled and protected, the energy ministry is ringed by concrete and the streets outside patrolled by tanks and armoured vehicles.
	www.guardian.co.uk /saudi/story/0,11599,1230312,00.html (1444 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : A Boyhood In Ras Tanura
		Beside the road were the catalysts of the change; the high-tension power line, the flares of the gas-oil separator plants ("Live volcanoes," huh?) and the rows of pipelines with mounds of clay for the camel caravans to cross.
		Then the towers of the new refinery appeared beyond the long finger of Tarut Bay and we drove onto the narrow Ras Tanura headland to the house where we were to live.
		Of course she was a "big kid" and only came to Ras Tanura during vacations from the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196804/a.boyhood.in.ras.tanura.htm (3225 words)

	Saudi Oil Attack Could Destabilise West
		It [Ras Tanura] is the nerve centre for the Saudi oil trade but also for global exports.
		Not only is Ras Tanura or the refining centre of Abqaiq dangerously exposed to being knocked out of action by militants, but Mr Gheit also believes regime change in Saudi to a more hostile Islamic government is as inevitable as it was in Iran a quarter of a century ago.
		Ras Tanura and other terminals are heavily patrolled and protected, the energy ministry is ringed by concrete and the streets outside patrolled by tanks and armoured vehicles.
	www.rense.com /general53/sasud.htm (1316 words)

	CNN.com - Attack adds to oil security focus - Dec 6, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RAS TANURA, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Monday's attack on the U.S. Consulate in the port city of Jeddah has again put the spotlight on the security of Saudi Arabian oil supplies.
		Ras Tanura, like most Saudi facilities, is located in eastern Saudi Arabia, near the Persian Gulf.
		Jum'ah invited CNN to tour Ras Tanura and the nearby shipping facility of Sea Island, where Saudi oil is pumped into tankers for export.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/oil.security/index.html (921 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- U.S. concerned al-Qaeda targeting oil ...
		The target was believed to have been the Ras Tanura oil terminal and refinery, as well as pipelines that serve it.
		Much of the Ras Tanura terminal's oil is bound for Asia, but plenty goes to Europe and the Americas, analysts said.
		But if Ras Tanura shut down for a significant period, oil shortages are a possibility, particularly if Iraqi oil also stopped flowing during a U.S. invasion, said Lowell Feld, an oil analyst at the Energy Information Administration, an independent arm of the Department of Energy.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20021016-1514-attacks-al-qaida-oil.html (729 words)

	Aramco confirms 'mammoth' Dow deal - Energy - ArabianBusiness.com
		The cost of the Ras Tanura plastics and chemicals complex would be "mammoth", said Saudi Aramco's President Abdallah Jumah, although he declined to give details.
		Ras Tanura will be one of the biggest plants of its kind built from scratch, the two companies said in a joint statement from Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran.
		At the new Ras Tanura project, the key units are an ethane and naphtha cracker, a catalytic cracking unit and an aromatics unit.
	www.arabianbusiness.com /12536 (828 words)

	Coalition navies on watch for oil attack - Boston.com
		A British navy official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said a threat from al-Qaida last month to target Gulf oil terminals had resulted in stepped-up security and vigilance at Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura terminal, as well as a refinery in Bahrain.
		The British navy, part of the Italian-led Coalition Task Force 152 that patrols international waters off the Ras Tanura terminal, sent an e-mail warning on Friday asking merchant shippers in the region of Bahrain and eastern Saudi Arabia to be on alert for suspicious vessels or other activity.
		Ras Tanura, just north of the Saudi oil capital of Dhahran, is the world's largest offshore oil loading facility with a capacity of 6 million barrels per day.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/10/27/coalition_navies_on_watch_for_oil_attack_1161968413 (450 words)

	SAUDI ARABIA - The Ras Tanura Refinery. \| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting > Support Activities for ...
		A $1.2 bn upgrade of the Ras Tanura plant on the Gulf coast was mostly completed in April 1999, several months behind schedule.
		Its capacity was raised from 265,000 b/d to 300,000 b/d.
		Ras Tanura is the oldest of the refineries in Saudi Arabia.
	www.allbusiness.com /mining/oil-gas-extraction-crude-petroleum-natural/550518-1.html (600 words)

	www.jobsataramco.com
		Abqaiq is similar in size to Ras Tanura, with a population of approximately 1,950, about half of whom are North Americans.
		Ras Tanura is about an hour's drive north of Dhahran.
		Ras Tanura is also a terminal and refinery location.
	www.jobsataramco.com /community/community.html (567 words)

	Saudi-American Forum - On the Turquoise Coast: Memories of a Ras Tanura Boyhood
		The relatively few American families living in Ras Tanura, cut off by time and distance from the United States and the customary support of their extended families, developed bonds and kinships with one another that soon transformed neighbors and most members of the community into surrogate aunts and uncles.
		While there, my youngest sister was born, and when we returned to Ras Tanura, we were assigned a new house, one directly facing the beach.
		A number of large commercial plant nurseries flank the road between Dhahran and Ras Tanura, and in every Eastern Province town or village, the street dividers and traffic circles are carefully tended municipal gardens.
	www.saudi-american-forum.org /Newsletters2004/SAF_Essay_27.htm (3442 words)

	SAUDI ARAMCO'S REFINING INTERESTS AND THE UPGRADE AT RAS TANURA REFINERY
		A simplified block flow diagram of Ras Tanura refinery prior to the 1998 upgrade is shown in Figure 1.
		In 1998 Ras Tanura Refinery completed a major upgrade project which changed its configuration from a hydroskimming refinery to a full conversion refinery.
		Ras Tanura Refinery expects that current and planned upgrades will make it a world class complex with the capacity to survive in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
	www.worldenergy.org /wec-geis/publications/default/tech_papers/17th_congress/1_3_20.asp (1623 words)

	Peter Maass \| The Breaking Point
		The largest oil terminal in the world, Ras Tanura, is located on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, along the Persian Gulf.
		From Ras Tanura's control tower, you can see the classic totems of oil's dominion - supertankers coming and going, row upon row of storage tanks and miles and miles of pipes.
		I visited Ras Tanura because oil is no longer out of mind, thanks to record prices caused by refinery shortages and surging demand - most notably in the United States and China - which has strained the capacity of oil producers and especially Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of all.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/printer_082305D.shtml (6906 words)

	Saudi Aramco's Mega Projects
		The Ras Tanura Refinery Upgrade Project pioneered the way for mega projects, and the lessons learned from that project have been applied to subsequent projects, resulting in the other four being completed below budget and on or ahead of aggressive schedules.
		Since its beginning more than 60 years ago, Ras Tanura Refinery, seen here, has grown into one of the most complex in the world, with a distillation capacity of 550,000 bpd of crude oil and gas condensates, and consists of an NGL plant, crude stabilization, water desalination, electrical power and steam generating facilities.
		Ras Tanura Refinery produces about 40 percent of the Kingdom’s fuels, primarily gasoline, kerosene, diesel and fuel oil.
	www.aramcoexpats.com /Articles/Pipeline/Saudi-Aramco-News/Industry-News/3198.aspx (1633 words)

	KBR Soars On Dow/Aramco Contract - Forbes.com
		KBR refused to give any details on the conditions or terms of the contract, except to say the Ras Tanura project is the first of its kind in the petrochemical industry in terms of scale.
		Salman M. al-Aradi, project director for the Ras Tanura Integrated Project for Saudi Aramco, said: “This mega-project will leverage our refining assets by adding value to our feedstock to produce a diversified petrochemical slate of specialty chemicals.” Aramco is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company and one of the largest in the world.
		According to him, the Ras Tanura project overall is worth approximately $20 billion to $22 billion.
	www.forbes.com /markets/2007/07/12/kbr-dow-aramco-markets-equity-cx_cg_0712markets25.html (710 words)

	The Hindu : Business : Terror and the oil industry
		If you can blow up the Pentagon in broad daylight, then it cannot be impossible to fly a plane into Ras Tanura — and then you are talking $100 [per barrel] oil,'' he says.
		Not only is Ras Tanura or the refining centre of Abqaiq dangerously exposed to being knocked out of action by militants, but Mr.
		As much as 80 per cent of the near nine million barrels of oil a day pumped out by Saudi is believed to end up being piped from fields such as Ghawar to Ras Tanura in the Gulf to be loaded on to supertankers bound for the U.S. and the West.
	www.hindu.com /2004/06/07/stories/2004060700761400.htm (1377 words)

	ArabDataNet.com news
		Ras Tanura will receive a $1.5 billion upgrade and expansion and it could see a rise in production by 35,000 barrels per day (b/d).
		Ras Tanura, which ignited from overuse when output was increased to meet demand during the Gulf War, should be fully commissioned with all units operating by June 1998.
		Like Ras Tanura it will be able to supply domestic and export markets with higher value products.
	www.arabdatanet.com /news/DocResults.asp?DocId=292 (658 words)

	PeterMaass.com \| Magazine Articles
		From Ras Tanura’s control tower, you can see the classic totems of oil’s dominion — supertankers coming and going, row upon row of storage tanks and miles and miles of pipes.
		Ras Tanura, which I visited in June, is the funnel through which nearly 10 percent of the world’s daily supply of petroleum flows.
		I visited Ras Tanura because oil is no longer out of mind, thanks to record prices caused by refinery shortages and surging demand — most notably in the United States and China — which has strained the capacity of oil producers and especially Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of all.
	www.petermaass.com /core.cfm?p=1&mag=124&magtype=1 (6807 words)

	CNN investigation questions security at Saudi oil fields - Nov. 24, 2004
		RAS TANURA, Saudi Arabia (CNN) - Though oil prices have retreated from their record highs of October, a terrorist attack on oil installations in Saudi Arabia could send them soaring to new heights, according to a leading industry analyst.
		Ras Tanura, like most Saudi facilities, is in that country's Western Provinces, near the Persian Gulf.
		Jum'ah invited CNN to tour Ras Tanura and the nearby shipping facility of Sea Island, where Saudi oil is pumped into tankers for export.
	money.cnn.com /2004/11/24/news/international/saudi_oil_security (919 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Saudi Arabia: Girding for a Minor Attack against Ras Tanura
		The British Royal Navy said Oct. 27 that coalition naval forces were deployed to support Saudi and Bahraini units assigned to protect Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil terminal after the navy received intelligence of a possible seaborne attack against the facility.
		Ras Tanura and other such facilities along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula are too far beyond the tactical reach of the Iraqi node.
		Regarding the intelligence that prompted the Warden Message and the move by coalition naval vessels to deploy units in support of the Saudis and the Bahrainis, it is quite possible that it was al Qaeda putting out false information on the actual target in order to divert attention.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0610MLN/06102805STR.asp (975 words)

	Gas pipeline blaze kills 28 in Saudi Arabia
		The Hawiyah plant is one of the major gas processing plants in Saudi Arabia, built in the desert near the Al-Ghawar oil field, the world's largest, and south of the city of Dhahran, an oil hub.
		The Hawiyah plant, which produces 1.4 billion cubic feet (39.6 million cubic metres) of gas a day and cost four billion dollars to build, was launched in October 2002 as the first to process only non-associated gas.
		In July, four Asian workers died and 12 people were injured in a fire at the kingdom's Ras Tanura oil terminal on the Gulf.
	www.alarabiya.net /articles/2007/11/18/41809.html (386 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - DWINDLING OIL RESERVES: When the Oil Runs Out... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The largest oil terminal in the world, Ras Tanura, is on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia.
		From Ras Tanura's control tower, you can see the totems of oil's dominion " supertankers coming and going, row upon row of storage tanks, and miles of pipes.
		I visited Ras Tanura because oil is no longer out of mind, thanks to record prices caused by refinery shortages and surging demand " most notably in the US and China " which has strained the capacity of producers, especially Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=238321&source=r_science (1390 words)

	1947 Aramco Brats Return to Saudi Arabia
		The school in Ras Tanura was a portion of the dining hall where Sam Whipple taught 10 to fifteen students in all grades through eighth.
		I attended school for eight years in Ras Tanura, then went to America; I was able to return for the next two summers to be with my friends.
		Ras Tanura was such a pretty place with the white sand and blue water of the Persian Gulf.
	www.aramcoexpats.com /Articles/Community/Aramco-Brats/3145.aspx (8954 words)

	Ras Tanura Middle School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ras Tanura Middle School is located on the Saudi Aramco camp of Ras Tanura (referred to as Najmah), in Saudi Arabia.
		Other students have the ability to go to boarding school, but almost never choose to, as they like to stay with their companions and family.
		Ras Tanura is a small school, the largest grade having just over 26 students, but they share great camaraderie and come to be almost like family while learning together in the seaside city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ras_Tanura_Middle_School (168 words)

	Saudi Aramco and Dow Announce the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding to Develop One of the Largest Grassroots ...
		The Ras Tanura petrochemical joint venture will be operationally integrated with Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura Refinery complex and its Ju'aymah gas processing plant, two of the largest facilities of their kind in the world.
		The Ras Tanura integrated complex will produce an extensive and diversified slate of plastics and chemicals and introduce new value chains and performance products to the Kingdom.
		The Ras Tanura petrochemical complex will produce a broad range of both basic and performance products, including ethylene, propylene, aromatic and chlorine derivatives.
	www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/news_press_release,104908.shtml (560 words)

	More on the Coming Oil Crisis
		From Ras Tanura's control tower, you can see the classic totems of oil's dominion -- supertankers coming and going, row upon row of storage tanks and miles and miles of pipes.
		I visited Ras Tanura because oil is no longer out of mind, thanks to record prices caused by refinery shortages and surging demand -- most notably in the United States and China -- which has strained the capacity of oil producers and especially Saudi Arabia, the largest exporter of all.
		The truth of the matter -- whether the world will really have enough petroleum in the years ahead -- was as well concealed as the millions of barrels of oil I couldn't see at Ras Tanura.
	www.organicconsumers.org /Politics/oilcrisis082205.cfm (6701 words)

	SAUDI ARABIA - The Integration Factor.
		Having become a dominant force in base petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia wants to be a giant in the plastics industry; and this is where Saudi Aramco is moving in JV with Dow Chemical in a mega-project at Ras Tanura which is likely to cost $26 bn.
		Along with the $12-14 bn PetroRabigh JV with Sumitomo of Japan, and the Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.'s complex, Ras Tanura's points to Saudi Arabia's determination to become the world's leading plastics producer.
		A fire erupted at the Ras Tanura refinery on Sept. 20, 2006, killing one employee before it was extinguished.
	www.entrepreneur.com /tradejournals/article/169325387.html (1442 words)

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