VOL. XXXIV

NO. 41

15-JULY-1991

Syria

EDC Awarded $9mn Drilling Contract by FPC

The Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC), a subsidiary of the Egyptian GeneralPetroleum Corporation (EGPC), has been awarded a drilling contract worth about E30mn($9.1mn) by al-Furat Petroleum Company (FPC) in Syria, according to the Cairodaily al-Ahram of 6 July, quoting Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi. Thedrilling work is scheduled to start in a month's time. The Minister, who paid aone-day visit to Damascus on 3...