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Several US oil companies have expressed their interested in developing Egypt\u2019s offshore oil and natural gas resources and are expected to bid in the sale of exploration blocks in the Red Sea, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said yesterday, without naming specific companies, according to Reuters. 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