Colourful advertising brochure for a new detergent produced by Egyptian General Petroleum. It promotes the product's large scope of applicability, including laundry, dishes, glassware, carpets and even cars, not failing to point out its practical new packaging in plastic bottles.
In excellent condition.
Unusual education brochure on the correct maintenance of Diesel engines, involving oil change, lubrication, the choice of fuel, and cleaning. With a sketch showing the proper way of bottling oil.
Very well preserved.
Advertising brochure for the petrochemical products of Egyptian General Petroleum. Promotes pesticides, weed killers and insecticides, pointing out how they would benefit the national agricultural production. Further, it presents the latest cleaning agents and detergents for household use, as well as solvents, and intermediates including chemicals for the production of rubber.
Very well preserved.
Advertising brochure for Super 100, a new oil grade produced by Egyptian General Petroleum. Promotes the product's viscosity, economy, and durability, describes its benefits for the engine and how it reduces fuel consumption, particularly pointing out that it is suitable for Diesel engines.
Small crease to rear wrapper near lower right corner. Otherwise very well preserved.
Explanatory pamphlet presenting Suez Petroleum's latest refining project, aiming to satisfy local consumption by producing 69,000 tons of essential oils and 6,600 tons of candles. In addition, they will produce some by-products including gasoline and heavy asphalt. Illustrated with a striking panoramic view of an oil rig.
Slightly toned. Otherwise very well preserved.
Eye-catching image of the Kuwait National Petroleum building in Kuwait City - bright white against a clear blue sky. With a friendly autograph message in Arabic wishing a blessed Eid al-Fitr holiday on the reverse.
Traces of mounting on the reverse.
In excellent condition.
Early issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine. Printed entirely in Arabic, articles discuss the history of oil in Egypt from 1863 to the First World War, oil export developments in Libya, the production of natural and synthetic rubber, issues of petroleum storage and warehouses, and the economics of operating oil tankers. Adorned with a striking photograph of the Abu Simbel temple to lower cover.
Lower margins somewhat waterstained, tear to spine repaired with archival tape. A good copy.
Fine issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine. Printed entirely in Arabic, articles discuss achievements in the petroleum industry of the past 15 years, new petroleum discoveries and the opening of El Alamein and Umm Al Basr oil fields, the petrochemical industry in Israel, and the production of liquefied gas. Enriched with several photorgraphic images of oil platforms and drilling rigs.
Minor edge wear. In fine condition.
Eye-catching issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine, bearing the portrait of President Mohamed Anwar as-Sadat. Printed entirely in Arabic, articles discuss the productivity of the Egyptian oil industry, the importance of human relations in industrial management, a delegation of the company travelling to Japan for training, mud volcanoes and other geologic phenomena, and even the breeding of ornamental fish. Also includes thoughts on Ramadan with best wishes for the fasting month.
Pencil annotation to front cover, minor edge wear. Very well preserved.
Special issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine celebrating 15 years in business. Printed entirely in Arabic, articles discuss corporate history and the story of oil in Egypt and its notables, including exploration in the Gulf of Suez and the establishment of drilling rigs in 1959, the latter being illustrated with some impressive images. Further, the magazine comprises a report on oil exploration in Algeria by geologist Nabil Abdel Hadi, and an article on safety and security commemorating an exhibition of safety posters in 1972. It concludes with leisure activities of company workers, recent weddings and new borns, and even marriage advice, as well as cartoons and a crossword puzzle.
A little creased around the edges, otherwise in fine condition.
Early issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine. Printed almost entirely in Arabic, articles discuss highlights of the Fourth Arab Petroleum Congress, challenges posed by oil tankers and maritime transport in general, standardization of refining industry cost systems, production at Belayim oil fields in the Gulf of Suez, the Industrial Security Week in the Petroleum Sector held in December 1963 to raise safety awareness, and developments in the petrochemical industry at a global level. Further, it elaborates on the Pan-American concession contract in the Gulf of Suez, and comprises a news section quoting headlines from notable news sources of the petrol industry, including the American Oil and Gas Journal (the references printed in English).
In very good condition.
Early issue of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's company magazine. Printed almost entirely in Arabic, articles discuss the administrative organisation and manpower planning of the company, petroleum exploration in Israel, production at Belayim oil fields in the Gulf of Suez, the petrochemical industry at a global level but especially in North America, the production of jet engine fuel, and the origin of petroleum from a geologic point of view. Concludes with a news bar quoting headlines from notable news sources of the petrol industry, including the American Oil and Gas Journal (the references printed in English).
In very good condition.
Rare lecture on the Khedive Ismail Bridge, a historical swing bridge structure dating from 1931 which replaced the first bridge to span the Nile River in central Cairo. The lecture was given at the Royal Egyptian Society of Engineers on 14 April 1932. The plates show construction plans and the proposed design of the new bridge, including details such as the four bronze lion statues at the east and west approaches to the bridge. They are late 19th-century works by Henri Alfred Jacquemart (1824-96), French sculptor and animalier.
Renamed "Qasr El Nil" after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the bridge connects Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, on the east bank of the river, to the southern end of Gezira/Zamalek Island. The foundation stone was laid by King Fuad I on 4 February 1931, and after over two years of construction it was inaugurated on 6 June 1933.
Wrappers somewhat worn, a few small tears and traces of library stickers. Marginal tears to title-page and lower flyleaf. Only a single copy listed in institutions worldwide, at the American University in Cairo.
Calligraphic invitation to a lecture on the future of oil in Arabia, given by Professor Abdullah al-Tariqi (1919-97) at the University of Beirut on 29 April 1965. A native of Saudi Arabia, al-Tariqi was Director General of Petroleum and Mineral Affairs in the Ministry of Finance and National Economy from 1954. As such, he was responsible for relations with the only oil company then existing in Saudi Arabia, the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), which had received a concession in 1933, first found oil in 1938, and began extraction at the end of World War II. In 1960 al-Tariqi became Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Affairs, but in 1962 a clash within the Saudi ruling elite cost him both his post and his ARAMCO board membership. He left Saudi Arabia, co-founded an independent oil consultancy in Beirut, and propounded his view that oil is a global rather than country-by-country issue that needs a united Arab solution vis-à-vis the West.
In excellent condition.
Arabic summary of the geological paper presented at the 1963 Arab Petroleum Congress, prepared in English by Dr. Soliman Mahmoud Soliman and Mohamed I. Faris, both professors of Geology at Ain Shams University in Cairo. Their paper evaluates the chances of the occurence of oil in the Delta Province, backing up their promising conclusions by geological finds, including thick paleozoic, mesozoic, eocene and miocene sequences, as well as the fact of the actual occurence of oil in neighboring localities.
Brief note in Arabic to front cover.
Printed invitation to dine at the Nile Hilton Hotel on 23 March 1965 in honour of the members of the Fifth Arab Petroleum Congress in Cairo.
Labelled "vaporized" on the reverse.
Very well preserved.
