VOL. XXX

NO. 13

5-JANUARY-1987

EGYPT

IEOC Buys 55% of Agypetco

The Agip/ENI subsidiary International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC) has purchased 55% of the interest of Agypetco (Denison Mines of Toronto, Canada) in the Melehia and West Razzak concessions in Egypt's Western Desert for $136mn, and has become the operator for the two concessions.

The Melehia field is connected by a recently completed 167-km., 16-inch pipeline to the oil export terminal at al-Hamra on the Mediterranean (...