VOL. XXXI

NO. 16

25-JANUARY-1988

EGYPT

Oil and Gas Output Up 17% in January-September 1987

Egypt's output of oil and gas rose by 17% to 38,334,000 tons in the firstnine months of 1987 from 32,769,000 tons in the corresponding period of 1986,according to statistics published in a recent issue of al-Bitrul magazine ofthe Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).

The January-September 1987 output comprised 34,079,000 tons (898,787 b/d) ofcrude oil (which is somewhat in excess of Egypt's...