EGYPT

US AID Grants $9mn to EGPC 

The US Agency for International Development (AID) has granted $9mn to the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) for use in a petroleum, mineral and underground water evaluation program. This brings AID's total contribution to the program to date to $29.7mn. The program, scheduled for completion in 1987, provides for aeromagnetic surveys of the Nile Delta and North Sinai, seismic surveys of parts of the Eastern Desert and feasibility...