VOL. XLI

No. 14

6-April-1998

EGYPT

US AID Provides Ecology Grant For Midor Refinery

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided a grant of $200,000 tofinance additional ecological impact studies pertaining to the projected $1.2bn, 5mnton/year Egyptian-Israeli Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) near Alexandria. The grantagreement was signed in Cairo on 24 March by the US Ambassador in Cairo and the Chairmanof Midor.