VOL. XXXNO. 510 NOVEMBER 1986

EGYPT

First Half 1986: Oil and Gas Output Drops 6.5%, Value of Oil Trade SurplusFalls 70%

Egypt's oil and gas output fell to 22,289,000 metric tons in the firsthalf of 1986, according to the latest issue of al-Bitrul, the monthly magazinepublished by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), representing adrop of 6.5% from the corresponding figure of 23,831,000 tons in the first halfof 1985. The first half 1986 figure comprises 19,748,000 tons (785,556...