VOL. XL

No. 34

25-August-1997

EGYPT

Sidpec Receives Four Bids To Construct Polyethylene Plant

Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (Sidpec), the new venture set up by the EgyptianGeneral Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and a group of local banks, insurance companies andother organizations (MEES, 26 May), received four bids by the 31 July deadline forthe construction of Sidpec's projected polyethylene plant at al-Amiriya petrochemicalcomplex near Alexandria. The four bidders are Foster Wheeler of the...