Aramco, Total start testing Jubail refinery-sources

DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco

and France's Total have started testing their new refinery at Jubail, three sources with knowledge of the project said, raising the prospect of full operation of the $14 billion facility ahead of a scheduled start-up in the third quarter of 2013.

Around 54 percent of the project's output will be diesel and jet fuel, with an estimated quantity of 11.4 million tonnes per year. Annual gasoline and petcoke production is estimated to be around 2.8 million tonnes and 2.1 million tonnes respectively.