FACTBOX-Saudi Arabia's oil refining capacity

April 13 (Reuters) - The world's largest oil exporter Saudi
Arabia has put on hold plans to expand capacity at its refinery
in Ras Tanura.

Late last year the kingdom put contracts for two new export
refineries under review as it looked to take advantage of the
global economic slowdown to cut costs.

They are the joint venture 400,000 bpd refinery with
France's Total (TOTF.PA) and another joint venture of the same
size with ConocoPhillips (COP.N).

The kingdom still maintains ambitious plans to overhaul and
expand its refining operations at home and abroad.

Saudi Arabia has announced plans that could boost domestic
refining capacity by more than 1.7 million barrels per day from
the current level of 2.1 million bpd.

Aramco holds total domestic and international refining
capacity of 2.37 million bpd. Aramco's share of domestic capacity
is 1.75 million bpd, while the rest is held by Royal Dutch Shell
(RDSa.L) and Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) at joint venture plants.

The following charts Saudi Arabia's and Saudi Aramco's
refining capacity:

Aramco volume, domestic and international(bpd): 2,369,500

New Domestic Refinery Capacity Plans ('000 bpd)
Refinery Volume Start

date
Jizan 250-400 2015
Jubail (joint venture with Total) 400 end 2012
Ras Tanura 400 2012 [ON
HOLD]
Yanbu (JV with ConocoPhillips) 400 2013
Yanbu expansion to 400 from 235 n/a
Total planned expansion 1,615-1,765

Existing Aramco Domestic Refining Capacity ('000 bpd)
Refinery Stake (pct) Total Aramco

Volume Volume
Ras Tanura 100 550 550
Rabigh 100 400 400
Samref (Yanbu) 50 400 200*
Sasref (Jubail) 50 305 152.5*
Yanbu 100 235 235
Riyadh 100 120 120
Jeddah 100 88 88
Total 2,098 1,745.5

New Joint Venture Refinery Plans Abroad ('000 bpd)
Refinery Volume Start

date
Fujian (JV with Exxon, Sinopec)
tripling plant capacity to 240 Q1 2009
Qingdao (under discussion with 200 starting

Sinopec)
Port Arthur (Motiva JV with Shell)600 2010
Raising output 325,000 bpd

Saudi Aramco Joint Venture Refining Capacity ('000 bpd)
Refinery Location Volume Saudi Aramco

Stake Volume
Motiva (Shell) U.S. 725 50 363
(3 refineries)
Samref (Exxon) Saudi Arabia 400 50 200*
Sasref (Shell) Saudi Arabia 305 50 152.5*
S-Oil Korea 525 35 184
Showa Shell Japan 515 15 77
Total 2,470 976.50

*Aramco joint ventures in Saudi Arabia are included in both
joint venture and domestic refining tables.