The 82,000 barrels per day refinery has been mothballed but a government official said last month it could be restarted once it was sold.
The plant has been shut since March 2003 due to poor refinery margins. Production had previously been interrupted from 1998 to 2000 after the plant"s former owner, Metro Oil Corp, went bankrupt.
Fujairah, on the
The UAE is planning to build a large new refinery in
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