he Egyptian Cabinet and Parliament approved the signing of contracts with US Apache, APEX International Energy, and Royal Dutch Shell, as the companies won five concession areas in the Western Desert.
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, met with Apache's CEO, John Christmann to discuss expanding the company’s exploration projects in Egypt.
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) will meet with the Egyptian Tax Authority in order to discuss applying the Value Added Tariff (VAT) on petroleum activities.
US Apache intends to invest $100m in horizontal drilling on 20 wells in the Apollonia field located in the Egyptian Western Desert in order to produce around 40mcf/d of gas.
Egyptian Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, met with the US oil and gas producer, Apache Corporation, to discuss the company’s plans to inject investments in Egypt during the coming period on new explorations.
Royal Dutch Shell will partner up with the American corporation Apache in the Apollonia field in the Western Desert to complete the initial tests required for gas production by end June.
Shell and Apache have agreed with the Ministry of Petroleum on the price of the gas in the limestone layers at Apollonia field in the Western Desert. The new agreement decided on is for the price of $4.6 per 1m therm ...