Riyadh – Mubasher: Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical (Petro Rabigh) on Sunday announced that its planned shutdown of Vacuum Gas Oil Hydro Treating Unit (VGO) has been completed.

The petrochemical company said that normal operations will resume on 3 November 2017, ahead of schedule, according to a statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

Petro Rabigh had previously announced a shutdown at its VGO unit for a scheduled maintenance.

On Tuesday, Petro Rabigh posted a net profit reached SAR 706 million in the third quarter of 2017 against losses of SAR 211 million in Q3-16.