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Apache Corporation plans to begin drilling three out of seven planned wells in the Western Desert by the end of 2018, Oil Ministry sources tell Al Shorouk<\/a>. The company expects the wells to produce an initial 5,000 bopd. The EGPC had signed last week a USD 9 mn oil and gas exploration<\/a> agreement with Apache in the Western Desert, which also included a USD 30 mn bonus to drill seven wells in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apache Corporation plans to begin drilling three out of seven planned wells in the Western Desert by the end of 2018, Oil Ministry sources tell Al Shorouk. The company expects the wells to produce an initial 5,000 bopd. 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