VOL. XXXIX

No. 23

4-March-1996

EGYPT

Banbi Inaugurates Expansion Of Offshore Abu Qir Gas Fields

On 24 February, Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi inaugurated a number of expansion facilities at the offshore Abu Qir gas fields in the Mediterranean, northeast of Alexandria. The facilities, built at a cost of about $90mn, are expected to raise the output of the three fields - Abu Qir, North Abu Qir and West Abu Qir - by about 100mn cu. ft./d to over 250mn cu. ft./d of gas plus 6,000 b/d...