VOL. XL

No. 43

27-October-1997

EGYPT

Plans To Supply Gas To Israel Pronounced "Dead" By Egyptian Official

Eng. Ibrahim Isawi, Assistant to the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum for Gas, hasdescribed as "dead" the project to supply Egyptian gas to Israel. The Egyptianofficial, who was quoted in the 19 October issue of the Abu Dhabi Arabic-language daily al-Ittihad,said: "In any case, we are not interested in the Israeli market because it is smalland holds no future prospects for Egyptian gas...