VOL. XLIV

No. 19

7-May-2001 

EGYPT

Kuwait Declines Offer Of Stake In Midor Refinery

Kuwait has refused an Egyptian offer to take a stake in the 100,000 b/d Egyptian-Israeli Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) at the 'Amiriyah Free Zone near Alexandria, according to Kuwait痴 Oil Minister, Adel al-Sabeeh. The Kuwaiti official told reporters on 30 April that Egyptian Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy proposed during his visit to Kuwait a fortnight ago that Egypt would buy the Israeli...