VOL. XXX

NO. 22

9-MARCH-1987

EGYPT

Senior EGPC Official Advocates Bigger Role for National Oil Sector

Dr. Muhammad Mahmud Shawkat, Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian GeneralPetroleum Corporation (EGPC) for International Petroleum Relations and Editor inChief of the EGPC's monthly magazine al-Bitrul, has advocated giving the Egyptian state-owned General Petroleum Company (GPC) and the Egyptian private sectora bigger role in the country's oil industry. The proposal was made last month inan address on a...