Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 9

28-February-2005

EGYPT

UKs Burren Energy Wins Two Exploration Blocks In Egypt

UK-based Burren Energy on 16 February announced that it had successfully bid for two exploration blocks in Egypt one in the 2004 bid rounds organized by the state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the other in the rounds held by Ganoub El-Wadi Holding Petroleum Company (GANOPE). In the EGPC bid round, Burren was awarded Block 1, North Lagia, an onshore...