Egypt agrees with five energy firms on exploration in Mediterranean - TV

Total Energy Services

15/02/2020 10:18

CAIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Egypt has reached an initial
agreement with five international companies on oil and gas
exploration and production in the deep waters off its western
Mediterranean coasts, the petroleum minister told Sky News
Arabia TV on Saturday.
    The five companies are Royal Dutch Shell  RDSa.L , Chevron
 CVX.N , BP  BP.L , Total  TOTF.PA  and Exxon Mobil  XOM.N ,
said Tarek El Molla, adding drilling and exploration would start
in seven western Mediterranean concessions in early 2021.
    

 (Reporting by Ehab Farouk; Writing by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing
by Edmund Blair)
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