VOL. XXXIII

NO. 26

2-APRIL-1990

Egypt

Khalda Petroleum to Start Gas Production at Year-End

Reports from Cairo indicate that Khalda Petroleum Company's project for therecovery of associated gas from the Khalda and Salam fields in the WesternDesert is scheduled to go on stream in December of this year. Some 30mn cu.ft./day of gas will be delivered through a 70-km. pipeline running northwards toMatruh town on the Mediterranean coast. Plans are also under study for thepossible construction at Matruh...