VOL.XXXVI

NO.16

18-JANUARY-1993

Sumed Capacity Expansion Aims To Boost Share Of Westward Oil Transit

MEES Executive Editor Walid Khadduri Reports from Alexandria

The Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company (Sumed) is undertaking a 50% expansionprogram in its transit system that carries crude oil from the Gulf of Suez tothe Mediterranean and is adopting flexible tariff policies in order to increaseits share of oil transit moving westwards from the Gulf. The expansion program,scheduled to go on stream early...