VOL. XXXVII

NO. 33

16-MAY-1994

Egypt

Gupco's Hilal Field To Resume Production In Six Months

Mr. Faruq Qenawi, Chairman and Managing Director of Gupco (EGPC-Amoco), hastold MEES that production from the offshore Hilal field in the Gulf of Suez,which was brought to a halt when a Sudanese cargo vessel, Merawi, rammed theproduction platform on 20 April (MEES, 25 April), will resume in about sixmonths. At the time of the accident, the platform was handling an output of30,000 b/d of oil (27,000 b/d...