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Egypt signs oil, gas exploration deal with Shell, Petronas worth about $1 billion: statement


© Reuters. Egypt signs oil, gas exploration deal with Shell, Petronas worth about $1 billion: statement

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has signed a deep-water oil and gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell (AS:) and Malaysia’s Petronas (KL:) worth around $1 billion for 8 wells in the country’s West Nile Delta, the petroleum ministry said on Saturday.

The country also signed a second $10 million deal with Rockhopper (L:), Kuwait Energy and Canada’s Dover Corporation (N:) for exploration in the Western Desert, a ministry statement said.

Egypt aims to be a regional hub for the trade of liquefied (LNG) after a string of major discoveries in recent years including Zohr, which holds an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of gas.

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