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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Sabri Nageh

100-Mln-Barrel Oil Reserve Discovered in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez

Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla meets the Secretary-General of OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Egypt announced on Tuesday finding an oil reserve of around 100 million barrels in the Gulf of Suez, the biggest oil discovery in the area in over two decades.

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said that the initial expected oil stock is about 100 million barrels found northeast of the Gulf of Suez. It predicted that the oil reserve might include more barrels that could be discovered and extracted after kickstarting a development plan.

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