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Saudi crude oil gift to arrive in Yemen over six shipments

SANAA, June 26 (KUNA) -- A grant by Saudi Arabia of three million barrels of crude oil will be sent to Yemen over six shipments, Aden oil refineries company said Sunday.
The first shipment, 650,000 barrels of crude oil, arrived in Yemen in mid-June and refining began on June 20, the company said in a statement.
The shipments will be arriving in Yemen up until early August, in line with an agreement between the Aden company and Saudi Arabia's ARAMCO, it added.
The company said refining the Saudi crude would be done quickly in order to distribute the by products nationwide.
Yemeni is suffering severe shortage of oil products, a matter that revived the black market in which around 20 liters of petroleum was sold by USD 40. The official price of the same quantity does not exceed USD seven. (end) az.bs KUNA 262139 Jun 11NNNN