VOL. XL

No. 7

17-February-1997

EGYPT

Banbi Inaugurates Misr Petroleum's Lube Oil Blending Complex

Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi has recently inaugurated Misr Petroleum Company's lube oil blending complex, which was built at a cost of E120mn (about $35mn). The complex, which produces 113 different blends of lube oil for the local market, has an output capacity of 150,000 tons/year on the basis of one work shift a day. This can be raised to 450,000 t/y by working three shifts a day. Misr...