VOL. XL

No. 39

29-September-1997

EGYPT

Seagull Acquires BG's 30% Interest In W. Abu Al-Gharadiq Concession

The Houston-based Seagull Energy Corporation announced on 25 September that it hadentered into an agreement with a subsidiary of British Gas plc (namely, BG Exploration andProduction) to purchase its 30% non-operating working interest in the 3.5mn acre West Abual-Gharadiq concession, located about 400 kms. west of Cairo in Egypt's Western Desert(see map below). The agreement between...