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Sami Matar, Ph.D., is a retired professor of chemistry at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dharan, Saudi Arabia. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Cairo and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Matar has served as associate member of the board of the Egyptian Petroleum Institute and general manager of the chemical and research laboratories of Suez Oil Processing Co. The author and contributor to many articles and books. Dr. Matar is also a member of the American Chemical Society and Society of Petroleum Engineers. 

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The author would like to thank King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, especially the Deanship of Library Affairs, for the generous utilization of its Electronic InterLibrary Loans Service. 

Mohammad Fabhat Ah, Ph.D., is Professor of Industrial and Petroleum Chemistry at King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals in Saudi Arabia. An expert in characterization studies of heavy ends, residues, and asphalt, he is also knowledgeable about crude oils and products, refining process technology, waste oil recycling, and stabihty characteristics of jet fuels. 

Bassam M. El Ali, Ph.D., is Professor of Industrial Chemistry at King Fahd University of Petroleum ... 

At the end, we gratefully acknowledge the financial aid, facilities, and support provided by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

This work is a part of KFUPM/RI Project No. 21101 sponsored by a refinery in Saudi Arabia. The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Research Institute of King Fahd... 

Dr Jorge Norberto Beltramini wish to acknowledge the support of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals during the preparation of this work. 

Tucci, E.L. Dufallo, J.M. Feldman, R.J. Commercial performance of the Houdry Catofin process for isobutylene production for MTBE, Workshop on Catalysts and Catalytic processes. Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhaharan, Saudi Arabia, Nov 6, 1991. 

Mohamed O. Abdalla / Department of Chemistry, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.A. Abdullah M. Aitani / King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia G. Akay / Process Intensification and Miniaturization Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials and Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology,... 

The House of Saud, the royal family that rules Saudi Arabia, controls over one-fifth of the world s total resources. This income allows the family to dominate a country that is in many ways at war with itself. Tension within the royal family arises from debate over political reform, corruption in the royal family, and the tenuous relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States (Baer 2003 Noreng 2002). When King Fahd suffered a debilitating stroke in 1995, leaving his half brother, Abdullah, as the defacto leader, there was widespread concern about the country s future direction and whether it would remain friendly to Western countries. 

Dourian, K., M. McQuaile, J. Moran, et al. (2005). King Fahd Dies Saudi PoUcy Seen Holding. Platt s Oilgram News, 2 August. 

El-Rashidi, Y. and B. Bahree (2005). King Fahd Dies, but Saudi PoUcy Appears Stable Gradualism Remains Likely as AbduUah Takes Throne after Years as de Facto Ruler. Wall Street Journal, 2 August. 

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