VOL. XXXII 

NO. 14 

9-JANUARY-1989

EGYPT

Work starts on Expansion of Assiut Refinery 

According to Egyptian Oil Minister Abd El-Hady Kandil, work will start this year on doubling the capacity of Nasr Petroleum Company's Assiut refinery in Upper Egypt from the current 50,000 b/d to 100,000 b/d. The expansion work is scheduled for completion in 36 months.

The Assiut refinery, which went on stream in late 1987 (MEES, 5 October 1987), was designed and constructed by...