VOL XL

No. 03

20-January-1997

EGYPT

Bapetco Extends Deadline For Bids For Obayed GasDevelopment Project

Badr al-Din Petroleum Company (Bapetco), the jointventure owned 50% by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and 50% by Shell,has extended the closing date for bids for the engineering, procurement and construction(EPC) contract for the development of the Obayed gas field in Egypt's Western Desert from24 December 1996 to 20 January 1997. Last November, Bapetco invited five...