SANAA, June 26 (Saba)- A grant by Saudi Arabia of three million barrels of crude oil will be sent to Yemen over six shipments, Aden oil refineries company said Sunday.

The first shipment, 650,000 barrels of crude oil, arrived in Aden in mid-June and refining began on June 20, the company said in a statement.

The shipments will be arriving in Yemen up until early August, in line with an agreement between the Aden company and Saudi Arabia's ARAMCO, it added.

The company said refining the Saudi crude would be done quickly in order to distribute the products nationwide.

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