VOL XL

No. 03

20-January-1997

EGYPT

EGPC Invites Bids For Two More Concession Areas

In addition to the six concession areas put on offerearlier this month with a bidding deadline of 30 September 1997 (MEES, 13 January),the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has invited bids for two smaller blocksin the Western Desert with a closing date of 31 March 1997. These are: (1) the 530-sq. km.Burg al-Arab block southwest of Alexandria, which previously formed part of the concession...