Article: SABA TO ACQUIRE SANTA MARIA, CALIF., OIL REFINERY

 
IRVINE, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Saba Petroleum Co. (AMEX: SAP) announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with Conoco Inc. for the purchase of an oil refinery and the contiguous 372 acres of undeveloped fee land located in the Santa Maria Valley area of Santa Barbara County, Calif. 
Commenting on the 10,000BOPD refinery, Ilyas Chaudhary, president and chief executive officer, says "the refinery is located strategically to process heavy crude oil produced in that area into asphalt and other lighter by-products and shall increase the profitability of the company's wholly owned nearby Cat canyon and Gato Ridge ...

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