The Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG) has released a video overview of the South East Bir El Nus block in the Western Desert, one of the 14 blocks included in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMR)’s 2026 international bid round, launched on August 11. The names of the blocks on offer were not revealed back then.
South East Bir El Nus block covers an area of 1,528.7 square kilometers (km2), where three wells have been drilled to date. It lies within the Abu Gharadig and Ghorab geological basins. The nearest production facility is located 88 km from the block, while nearby fields include Sitra, BED-2, BED-3, and South Ras Qattara 1 and 2.
The ministry’s 2026 bid round contained 14 oil and gas exploration blocks comprising eight in the Mediterranean Sea, Nile Delta, and North Sinai regions offered by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) as well as six blocks in the Gulf of Suez, Sinai, and Western Desert regions offered by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).
The deadline for all the blocks is on November 11, 2026, at 12 p.m.
Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG) is the country’s first digital platform for the upstream sector, launched by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum in collaboration with SLB in February 2021. The platform aims to help de-risk exploration prospects and attract new investments to Egypt.
