VOL. XLV

No 33

19-August-2002

EGYPT

Egypt Adds Eight Blocks To 2002Licensing Round, Delays Bid Deadline

Egypt痴 Ministry of Petroleumannounced in late July that it had added eight exploration blocks to the 30already on offer in the 2002 upstream licensing round (for map see MEES, 20 May). The additional blocks arelocated in the eastern Mediterranean offshore (three blocks, with one adjacentand to the west of the Palestinian offshore boundary), the Eastern Desert (oneblock) and in the Gulf of Suez...