VOL.XXXVI

NO.50

13-SEPTEMBER-1993

EGYPT

PetrojetCompletes Sidqi B Platform

The Egyptian General PetroleumCorporation (EGPC) affiliate

Petrojethascompleted the construction of a drilling and production platform and connectingpipelinesforGupco's

Sidqi field in the Gulf of Suez.The platform - Sidqi B - replaces an earlier one whichwasdestroyedinDecember

1989 when it was rammedby the Filipino bulk carrier Panay Samaguita.The platform,built in 14 months at a cost of

$25mn,is expected to become...