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E.ON Ruhrgas acquires 29 % interest in exploration licence offshore Egypt
E.ON Ruhrgas has acquired a 29 % interest in the NW Demiatta exploration licence from Shell Egypt N.V. The licence is operated by Shell Egypt N.V. (61 %) and the additional partner is GdF Suez (10 %). Dana Gas introduces Egypt Gas City
His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Nazif, the Prime Minister of Egypt, met Mr Hamid Jafar, Executive Chairman of Dana Gas, at the Economist Conference's Sixth Business Roundtable, a high-level symposium of which Dana Gas is the lead sponsor that was held on 16-17th February at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Cairo under the patronage of the Prime Minister. Dana Gas announces further gas discovery in Egypt
Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, has made its second gas discovery of 2009 in the West Manzala Concession in the Nile Delta region of Egypt. The discovery, named West Manzala-2 (Haggag prospect), has encountered approximately 20 billion cubic feet (bcf) of dry gas. New international investments to increase the production of gas fields Rashid
Egyptian petroleum Minister, Eng. Sameh Fahmi, declared that the international oil companies operating in Egypt are keen on increasing their investments and activities, despite the global financial crisis. Additional gas pay at offshore Ruby Field
RWE Dea has fruitfully finalized its wide-ranging drilling campaign in 2008 within the West Nile Delta; the exploration well Ruby-3 (Ji 50-2) discovered gas. 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. 
