VOL. XLVI

No 46

17-November-2003

EGYPT

Centurion Awarded Upstream Block 2 In Southern Egypt

Canadas Centurion Energy has been awarded a 100% working interest in upstream Block 2 in southern Egypt. The 5.6mn acre Block 2 is located in the Kom Ombo Basin, which Centurion said is a rift basin analogous to the Muglad Basin in Sudan. Some limited exploration activities were carried out in the Kom Ombo Basin area during the late 1990s, including the Kom Ombo-1 well, which was drilled in 1997 and tested...