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Methanex says to shut down Egypt plant
Canada's Methanex Corp, the world's largest methanol supplier, said it will shut down its plant in Egypt due to political unrest in the country, sending its shares down 2 percent. Egypt’s Egas plans gas bids round early 2012 – minister
Egypt's state-owned gas company Egas plans to hold a bidding round for natural gas exploration early next year, the petroleum minister said on Monday. Petrobel leads a busy drilling schedule
Balayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) is heading further with its 2011/2012 plan by the drilling of two development wells and another exploratory one, in Sinai and the Mediterranean areas respectively. Norpetco drills Abrar-3
The North Bahariya Petroleum Company (Norpetco ) drilled a new exploratory well in the North Bahariya Concession, onshore Abu Gharadiq Basin as part of the company's drilling plan for the fiscal year of 2011/2012. Egypt installs early warning system for vulnerable gas pipelines
Egyptian authorities have installed an early warning system to protect gas pipelines in the Sinai Peninsula after a wave of attacks, dpa quoted an official as saying. TransGlobe to appraise Western Desert find
TransGlobe Energy Corp., Calgary, plans to appraise the Boraq oil and gas discovery and further explore the 558,120-acre South Alamein concession in Egypt's Western Desert after it receives regulatory approval to close the acquisition of a 50% interest from Cepsa Egypt. Melrose: Offshore Black Sea Surveys, Egyptian Wells
The acquisition of 3D seismic in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria has started and Melrose Resources Plc is planning for 2D and 3D seismic surveys offshore Romania. Japan AOC: politics may delay Egypt oil block output
Political instability in Egypt may delay the first crude output from the offshore Northwest October block in the northern Gulf of Suez, a top executive from operator AOC Holdings said. 
