VOL. XXXIII

NO. 16

22-JANUARY-1990

Egypt

Sumed Capacity to Be Raised by 50%

The capacity of the Sumed (Suez-Mediterranean) crude oil transit pipeline isto be raised by 50% from the current 80mn tons/year (1.6mn b/d) to 120mntons/year (2.4mn b/d) over the next three years. The expansion scheme involvesthe addition of a pumping station half way on the line, in addition to raisingthe storage capacity and improving the loading and unloading facilities at bothends of the line. Interest in raising the...