VOL. XXXVI

NO. 2

12-OCTOBER-1992

YEMEN

Bechtel to Conduct Feasibility Study for Gas-Fired Electric Power Station

The Public Electricity Corporation (PEC), an autonomous Yemeni governmentagency, has signed a contract with Bechtel of the US to carry out a feasibilitystudy for the construction of a gas-fired electric power station of 180megawatts at Marib to utilize the plentiful gas supplies in the area and meetrising demand for electricity, especially in the capital San'a. The study,however, will...