Following several block awards announced in early January, minister of petroleum and mineral resources Tarek El-Molla has signed a concession agreement with Royal Dutch Shell, Mubadala Petroleum and Tharwa Petroleum for Red Sea Block 4. The 3,084km2 block in the northern Red Sea owned by the South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope) was offered in a licensing round in 2019.
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