Times of Islamabad

New developments Reported over Pakistan Saudi Arabia 10 billion mega Oil Refinery project in Gwadar

New developments Reported over Pakistan Saudi Arabia 10 billion mega Oil Refinery project in Gwadar

KARACHI: New developments Reported over Pakistan Saudi Arabia $10 billionmega Oil Refinery project in Gwadar.

Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Director-General Shahzeb Khan Kakar hassaid that upcoming oil city project in Gwadar will host amultibillion-dollar Saudi Aramco refinery, Arab Newslink reported.

He hoped that the process of land allocation for the $10 billion Saudi oilrefinery project and a $1-billion petrochemical complex would be completedwithin a couple of months.

Kakar told Arab News: “The land allocation process for the oil refinery isunderway with the provincial government’s revenue department in Quetta.”

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed seven investment deals worth $21 billionduring visit of last year which included the Aramco refinery. The oilrefinery has a expected refining capacity of between 250,000 bpd to 300,000bpd.

Gwadar is at the heart of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) andBeijing is investing $60 billion in energy and infrastructure sectors ofPakistan.