Oil Minister Tarek El Molla discussed his ministry’s joint projects with Schlumberger in the Western Desert, Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea with northern Middle East President Maen Razouqi and Egypt and East Mediteranean Managing Director Karim Badawi yesterday, according to a Cabinet statement. Schlumberger is planning to partner with the government on more projects in the coming period as Egypt is a “priority country” in the region, Razouqi said.