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Enel and Total take Egypt plunge
Italy's biggest utility Enel and French giant Total have won an offshore exploration licence in the Nile Delta area, Enel said. BP Picks Up 2 Exploration Blocks in Nile Delta Offshore Egypt
BP has announced that the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has awarded the company two blocks in the 2008 International bid round on the Egyptian Offshore Nile Delta. Dana eyes $130m Egypt spend
UK-based producer Dana Petroleum said it plans to invest $130 million in Egypt this year. BG wins Egypt gas block
BG Egypt, a subsidiary of UK gas giant BG Group, said it had been awarded an offshore gas block in the latest bid round held by the state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS). OMV ponies up for Egypt shoot
Austrian oil and gas group OMV said it was spending $20 million on an exploration survey in Egypt in the coming weeks. Eni Committed to Spend $1.5B in 5 Years in Egypt Deal
Eni CEO, Paolo Scaroni, and Egypt's Minister of Petroleum, Amin Sameh Samir Fahmy, announced new initiatives creating a new framework for co-operation between the two parties. These initiatives will enable Eni and Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum to broaden and enhance their mutual co-operation aimed at developing hydrocarbon reserves in the Country and start joint activities for the training of personnel. Dana Gas production in Egypt climbs 20% as newly discovered fields are coming on stream
Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, has increased production through its El Wastani gas plant in the Nile Delta region of Egypt to 170 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscfpd) having successfully brought the El Basant field on stream on 31st March 2009. Total production in Egypt is now running at 35,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), a 20% increase on the average rate achieved during 2008. Apache drills Three Oil and Gas discoveries in Egypt’s Western Desert
Apache Corporation reported two new Jurassic oil and gas field discoveries in the Faghur Basin play in the extreme southwest part of Egypt's Western Desert producing complex and the first discovery in the North Tarek Concession along the Mediterranean coast. 
