Gouhi were Saudi Aramco president and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih, and Saudi Aramco senior vice presidents Khalid G. Al-Buainain and Abdulrahman F. Al-Wuhaib. Shell International Downstream executive director Mark Williams also attended. The 28-month project required 11.5 million work hours, and at the peak involved 2,800 on-site workers. It included the revamp of two crude units and an existing diesel hydrodesulfurizer unit as well as the construction of a new, high-pressure diesel hydrodesulfurizer. Inline blending and amine treatment facilities also were included in the work, which required 336 tie-ins including 18 hot taps. SASREF is a joint venture export refinery owned 50-50 by Saudi Aramco and Shell. It operates a 305,000-bpd refinery in the industrial city of Jubail on the Arabian Gulf. Its main products are chemical feed naphtha, dual purpose kerosene, ultra-low sulfur diesel, fuel oil and LPG, with the main export destination to Asia.
