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Qarun Petroleum, a joint venture between Apache and the Egyptian General Petroleum Company, has drilled 10 exploratory wells in the Western Desert, producing a combined 5k bbl\/d, the Oil Ministry said in a statement yesterday (pdf). This will account for 16% of the company\u2019s total production. 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