VOL. XXXI 

NO. 21 

29-FEBRUARY-1988

NATURAL GAS ASSUMES GREATER ROLE ON EGYPTIAN ENERGY SCENE AS OIL MARKS TIME

by Walid Khadduri

(Egypt is basing its future energy plans on finding and utilizing natural gas at a much higher rate than ever before, hoping in this way to meet the twin challenges of rather modest oil discoveries during the eighties and ever-increasing domestic energy consumption. A major expan- sion of the gas sector lies at the heart of the current five-year...