25 October 2010
JEDDAH: The Saudi Refining and Petrochemical company (PetroRabigh) announced on the Saudi Stock Exchange website www.Tadawul.com that it is working on restoring power after a sudden electrical outage occurred Saturday.
The company said the outage affected most of its units producing petrochemical products.
"A sudden interruption of electrical power supplies occurred from the supplying company to PetroRabigh complex which caused major electrical power interruptions to most of the complex units and temporarily affected the operations," the firm said in a statement to the stock exchange. The statement did not specify which units were affected or when they will start operating again.
"Efforts are currently in progress to resume power supplies and restore the operation of units to normal status," it said.
The company's public relations department stated that the electricity supplier mentioned in the announcement was not the Saudi Electricity Company and that the problem was an internal issue with a subcontracting company. The public relations department would not release any further information regarding the outage and said that updates on the issue will be announced on the Tadawul website.
JEDDAH: The Saudi Refining and Petrochemical company (PetroRabigh) announced on the Saudi Stock Exchange website www.Tadawul.com that it is working on restoring power after a sudden electrical outage occurred Saturday.
The company said the outage affected most of its units producing petrochemical products.
"A sudden interruption of electrical power supplies occurred from the supplying company to PetroRabigh complex which caused major electrical power interruptions to most of the complex units and temporarily affected the operations," the firm said in a statement to the stock exchange. The statement did not specify which units were affected or when they will start operating again.
"Efforts are currently in progress to resume power supplies and restore the operation of units to normal status," it said.
The company's public relations department stated that the electricity supplier mentioned in the announcement was not the Saudi Electricity Company and that the problem was an internal issue with a subcontracting company. The public relations department would not release any further information regarding the outage and said that updates on the issue will be announced on the Tadawul website.
By JASSIM ALGHAMDI
© The Saudi Gazette 2010
