VOL. XXX

NO. 13

5-JANUARY-1987

EGYPT

Israel to Buy 2mn Tons of Egyptian Crude in 1987

Israel will purchase 2mn tons (40,000 b/d) of crude oil from Egypt in 1987,according to an agreement signed by the two countries in Cairo last month.Israel has been buying 2mn tons/year of Egyptian crude oil since its withdrawalfrom the Sinai Peninsula in December 1975.