Latest in Tag: Western Desert Highlight
Latest in Tag: Western Desert

Western Desert a promising region for production: Minister of Petroleum
The minister later visited the crude oil treatment area and East Bahariya electricity power station, with a capacity of 16 MW and investments of $49m.

New oil discovery in Western Desert
The new well discovered by IPR is expected to produce 12,000 barrels of light oil and 14 million cubic feet of natural gas per day
Egypt to seek gas deep offshore, shale in the western desert
State-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) plans to launch an international tender for deep water gas exploration next year

Zaazou announces strategy to boost tourism
Tourism ministry to undertake joint advertising campaigns with foreign countries and will launch a new campaign on Google

Shell to invest $600m in Western Desert operations
By Ahmed Tolba Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco), a joint venture between the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) and petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell, announced that the latter has decided to invest $600 million in exportation and production operations in its Western Desert concession areas. The endeavor comes in the context of Shell’s exploration plan for …