VOL. XLII

No. 02

11-January-1999

EGYPT

Egypts Foreign Upstream Developers Talk With IEC In Paris

MEES has learned from industry sources that officials from theEgyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), the Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC), theItalian firm ENI and Amoco of the US met in Paris on 16 December to discuss thepossibility of exporting Egyptian natural gas via pipeline to Israel. While the details ofthe meeting were not disclosed, a decision on moving forward may have been reached...