VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 47

21-AUGUST-1995

Egypt

Egypt Earns $1Bn From Sumed Since 1977

On 10 August Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi officially inauguratedSumed's booster pumping station at Dahshur outside Cairo, which in conjunctionwith other expansion work has raised the pipeline's throughput capacity from1.6mn to 2.4mn b/d. The increased capacity is being gradually utilized, withthroughput averaging about 2mn b/d during the first half of 1995 (MEES, 7August).

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony,...