EGYPT

Bechtel Awarded Management Contract for Construction of Assiut Refinery

Bechtel of the US has been awarded a management contract for the construction of a new refinery at Assiut in Upper Egypt (MEES, 18 June). This was announced in Cairo on 15 October by an official of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), who said that the consultancy contract for the $300mn, 50,000-b/d refinery was signed at the end of last month.

Bechtel has not been involved in the design work for...