VOL. XXXVI

NO. 17

25-JANUARY-1993

EGYPT

GPC Obtains North 'Amir Extension

Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi has approved the award of a 78-sq. km.extension to the Egyptian state-owned General Petroleum Company's offshore North'Amir field in the Gulf of Suez, according to GPC Chairman Muhammad Fuad 'Abdal-'Azim. He said that the GPC is planning to spud the first wildcat in theextension area within six months, adding that the company drilled two wells inthe North Amir field last year, which are...