El Paso Corporation, RWE Dea AG Enter Into Joint Exploration in Egypt
El Paso Corporation announced that its Egyptian subsidiary, El Paso Egypt Exploration & Production Company, and RWE Dea AG (RWE Dea) have executed an agreement to exchange interests in adjoining onshore concessions in Egypt. The assignments have been approved by Egyptian authorities. Prior to the exchange, El Paso held a 100 percent interest in the South Mariut Block in the Western Desert area and RWE Dea held a 100 percent interest in the Tanta Block in the Nile Delta transition area. Under the agreement, each company has assigned a 40 percent interest in its respective block to the other.
“El Paso now has a larger footprint in a highly prospective onshore exploration area,” said Brent Smolik, president of El Paso Exploration & Production Company. “We look forward to working with RWE Dea, which brings significant experience and talent to our joint exploration effort.”
El Paso now holds an acreage position totaling 2.04 million gross acres, or 1.05 million net acres, of strategic exploration properties in Egypt, focused in the Western Desert and Nile Delta provinces.
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