Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 31

3-Aug-2009

EGYPT

Ganope Tenders Offshore Seabird Development Block

Egypts state-owned Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope) has tendered for the development and operatorship of the offshore Seabird block in the southern part of the Gulf of Suez, less than a month after Ganope and its parent company EGPC offered 10 exploration blocks in the Eastern Desert and the Gulf of Suez (MEES, 13 July). The Seabird block has hydrocarbon reserves in place...