VOL. XXXVI

NO. 41

12-JULY-1993

EGYPT

Sumed Throughput At Design Capacity In 1H 1993; Big Surge In VLCC CargoLiftings From Sidi Kerir

MEES learns that the throughput of the Sumed pipeline system, which carriescrude oil from 'Ain Sukhna in the Gulf of Suez to the Sidi Kerir terminal nearAlexandria on the Mediterranean, amounted to 40.1mn tons (1.604mn b/d) in thefirst half of 1993, equivalent to the system's current design capacity. Thisrepresented an increase of 17.9% over the throughput of 34.0mn...