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RWE Dea swaps Egypt upstream acreage with El Paso
RWE Dea AG, Hamburg, and El Paso Exploration and Production Company, Houston (USA), have entered into an agreement to exchange interests in adjoining exploration acreage holdings in Egypt. Egypt’s Al-Theka generates gas for the 1st time
Tharwa Petroleum Company announced the discovery of natural gas from Al-Theka area, in the Mediterranean Sea, with an estimated daily production of 95 million cubic feet. Egypt’s oil production hits new record
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum achieved unprecedented record of curde oil production, which hit an average daily production of 707 thousand barrels. TransGlobe underscores production increases, activities in West Gharib
TransGlobe has provided an update on recent production increases and drilling activities on its Hana West field at West Gharib in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Successful drilling of Ruby-3 Offshore West Nile Delta
RWE Dea AG, Hamburg, has successfully finalized its extensive drilling campaign in 2008 within the West Nile Delta; the exploration well Ruby-3 (Ji 50-2) discovered gas. $240 million to develop GUPCO’s fields in the Suez Gulf
The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) is currently seeking the investment of $240 million to renovate and rehabilitate its fields in the Gulf of Suez, said the company’s CEO Mohamed Khafagy to Egypt Oil & Gas. First ASSE forum in Egypt
The Egyptian Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) held its first forum, in Cairo, attended by key figures of the HSE field in the Oil and Gas sector. Nabucco and the Egyptian efforts
After his return from Hungary after participating in the Nabucco summit, Eng. Sameh Fahmy, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, declared that European participant countries in the summit stressed that Egypt had become an important player in the gas industry, and it is expected to increase its role in the future to ensure the supply of clean energy to European countries. 
