VOL. XXXIII

NO. 12/13

25 DEC 1989/1 JAN1990

Egypt

Output of October Field Boosted by 10,000 b/d to Compensate for Closure ofSidqi Field

Reports from Cairo indicate that it has been decided to boost the output ofGupco's October field in the Gulf of Suez by 10,000 b/d to about 130,000 b/d tocompensate for the closure of the Sidqi field, also in the Gulf of Suez, whoseproduction platform was struck and seriously damaged by a Philipino bulk carrieron 8 December (MEES, 18 December). The Sidqi field was...