VOL. XXXII

NO. 7

21-NOVEMBER-1988

EGYPT

Oil and Gas Output Down 2.1% in First Half 1988

Egypt's oil and gas output amounted to 24,812,000 metric tons in the firsthalf of 1988, according to a recent issue of al-Bitrul, the monthly magazinepublished by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). Thisrepresents a drop of 2.1% from the corresponding figure of 25,346,000 tons inthe first half of 1987. The first half 1988 figure comprises: (a) 21,456,000tons (848,294 b/d) of crude oil, down 4.9%...