07492. AMERICAN CORPORATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA. Detailed overview of the activities of American corporations in Saudi Arabia. Includes Aramco and history of oil industry, nationalization of Aramco and recent developments; table of U.S.-Saudi trade balance; construction firms; construction and petrochemicals at new industrial cities; other active areas of U.S.-Saudi trade; legal problems for U.S. companies in S.A.; overview of Saudi investments in U.S. (mostly bank deposits). KEYWORDS: Saudi American relations economic policy oil companies. 14 pages, 22 footnotes, 23 bibliographic sources.