KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (KFUPM) WILL ORGANIZE IN COOPERATION WITH THE JAPANESE PETROLEUM INSTITUTE HERE ON SUNDAY A SYMPOSIUM UNDER TITLE OF 'CATALISTIC OPERATIONS IN PETROLEUM REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS'. DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS AT THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY DR SULEIMAN AL-KHATTAF SAID THE TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM AIMS AT EXCHANGING DATA AND OPINIONS AS WELL AS EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF CATALYSTS AND CATALYSTIC OPERATIONS ON WHICH THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES DEPEND. SCIENTISTS FROM JAPANESE, AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PETROLEUM COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES IN ADDITION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS FROM SAUDI ARAMCO, SABIC AND KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (KACST) WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SYMPOSIUM.
