埃及签署4份总价值1.55亿美元的油气勘探协议

据阿塞拜疆趋势通讯社12月25日巴库报道，埃及石油部表示，埃及日前签署了4份重要的石油和天然气勘探协议，还有4份油气勘探协议尚未签署。

据埃及《金字塔在线》报道，这4份石油和天然气勘探协议的总价值为1.55亿美元。

油气勘探协议设想在3个地区，即西部沙漠、苏伊士湾和尼罗河流域钻取30口探井。

埃及石油部说，埃及石油管理总局与埃及国际石油公司(IEOC)签署了两份油气勘探协议，一份是在Siwa Oasis钻取4口探井，另一份是在El-Razeq地区钻取13口探井。

第3份油气勘探协议是与Merleon Fayoum公司签署的，用于勘探尼罗河流域地区，第4份油气勘探协议是埃及Ganope石油公司、太平洋石油公司和ZNP公司之间签署的，用于勘探苏伊士湾地区。

声明援引埃及石油部长塔里克·埃尔-莫拉的话说，自2013年年中以来，埃及已与国内外投资者签署了103份石油协议。

他补充说，埃及还将签署4份油气勘探协议，另有9份石油协议已获议会批准。

李峻 编译自 Trend

原文如下：

Egypt inks four major oil & gas deals, four more pending

Egypt has signed four major oil and gas deals, with four more yet to be signed, says the country's Petroleum Ministry.

The total value of the oil and natural gas exploration agreements stands at $155 million, Trend reports citing Ahram align="justify">The deals envisage the drilling of 30 wells in the three regions, namely, in the Western Desert, the Gulf of Suez and the Nile Valley.

The ministry said that the Egyptian General Authority for Petroleum signed two deals with the International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC), align="justify">The third deal was signed with Merleon Fayoum Company for exploring the Nile Valley area, and the fourth was signed between Egypt's Ganope Petroleum Company, Pacific Oil, and ZNP for exploring in the Gulf of Suez.

Egypt has signed 103 oil agreements with investors since mid-2013, the statement quoted Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla as saying.

He added that four more agreements are due to be signed, and nine others were approved by parliament.