Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 5

31-Jan-2011

EGYPT/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

RWE Strikes Gas In Egypts North El Amriya Offshore Block

Germanys RWE Dea on 26 January announced a gas discovery in the North El Amriya block offshore Egypt, where the company has a 100% working interest. The NEA-3x well was drilled some 40km north of Alexandria to a total depth of 3,055ms. RWE said in a statement that the well encountered gas in a lower Pliocene sand in the Kafr El Sheik formation. A sidetrack...