VOL. XXX

NO. 24

23-MARCH-1987

EGYPT

1986 Oil and Gas Output Drops 6.9%, Value of Oil Trade Surplus Falls 73.9%

Egypt's oil and gas output fell to 45,437,000 metric tons in 1986, accordingto the latest issue of al-Bitrul, the monthly magazine published by the EgyptianGeneral Petroleum Corporation (EGPC3, representing a drop of 6.9% from thefigure of 48,800,000 tons in 1985. The 1986 figure comprises 40,237,000 tons(804,740 b/d) of crude oil, down 9.2% from the 1985 output of 44,312,000 tons(886,240...