{"id":593204,"date":"2019-11-20T04:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/11\/20\/house-signs-off-on-eight-oil-and-gas-exploration-agreements\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:15:12","slug":"house-signs-off-on-eight-oil-and-gas-exploration-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/11\/20\/house-signs-off-on-eight-oil-and-gas-exploration-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"House signs off on eight oil and gas exploration agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives approved on Sunday eight oil and gas exploration agreements, <a href=\"https:\/\/almalnews.com\/%d9%84%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%84\/\">Al Mal reported<\/a>. Most of the licenses awarded were for oil concessions: Neptune Energy got the go ahead for exploration and production in the Gulf of Suez, Shell received a license for three areas in the Western Desert, Merlon El Fayum will explore in West Fayoum, and Pacific Oil and Ganope will take Ras El Ush in the Gulf of Suez. Eni\u2019s joint venture IEOC, meanwhile, received a gas license to explore in the South East Siwa and West Razek concessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives approved on Sunday eight oil and gas exploration agreements, Al Mal reported. 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