Sunday 23 January 2011

Upper Egypt oil fields to attract investment-oil min | Reuters

Egypt's Oil Ministry said on Saturday it expected an influx of new investment and agreements with international companies for further oil research and exploration in seven of Upper Egypt's pristine areas.

Sameh Fahmi, Egypt's petroleum and mineral resources minister, said a discovery of oil in the country's southern Al-Baraka field and the presence of an active oil system in Upper Egypt would cause a significant change in the country's petroleum map.

In 2010, Egypt's South Valley Holding Company for Petroleum offered the lands in an international auction after four discoveries in Al-Baraka field. The bidding will close late January.

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