VOL. XXXII

NO. 3

24-OCTOBER-1988

EGYPT

Oil Production Averages 843,633 B/D in First Half of 1988

Egypt's oil and gas output amounted to 24,812,590 metric tons in the firsthalf of 1988, according to the Cairo daily al-Ahram of 20 October. Thiscomprised 21,456,000 tons (about 843,633 b/d) of crude oil (which is well belowEgypt's self-proclaimed output ceiling of 870,000 b/d) and 3,356,590 tons of gasand condensates. The local consumption of oil products and gas during the sameperiod amount to...