VOL. XXXIX

No. 47

19-August-1996

EGYPT

IDSC On Oil/Gas Production & Consumption & Suez Canal Traffic In 1H 96

Egyptian crude oil production amounted to 21,684,000 metric tons (about 867,360 b/d) in the first half of 1996, according to figures compiled by MEES from the monthly bulletins of the Egyptian cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) - see Table 1 below. This is some 1.75% lower than the output figure of 22,071,000 tons (about 882,840 b/d) for the...