VOL. XL

No. 26

30-June-1997

EGYPT

Burg Al-Arab Field Starts Regular Production

Burg al-Arab, the first oil field with a majority Egyptian private sector shareholding,which began test production last February (MEES, 17 February), has now gone intoregular production. The Egyptian private sector firm is Gharib Oil Fields Company, headedby Eng. Salih Awad Allah, which last year acquired an 80% interest in, and operatorship ofKriti's onshore Burg al-Arab concession located on the Mediterranean...