Article: EGYPT - 13 GoS Blocks Offered.

EGPC in October 2005 offered 13 blocks in the GoS and the Eastern and Western Deserts for auction in February 2006. The blocks are in the GoS, the Eastern Desert and the Western Desert. The concessions are for 20 years and may be extended by up to five years on EGPC and government approval. They are: South-East Warda, 317 sq km; Ezz el-Orban offshore, 338 sq km; Ezz el-Orban onshore, 537 sq km; West Bitter Lakes, 2,614 sq km; East Cairo, 5,068 sq km; W. Darag onshore, 5,323 sq km; el-Wasta, 3,654 sq km; South Mariut, 4,785 sq km; South Alamein, 3,228 sq km; Bahariya, 4,414 sq km; East Badr el-Din, 83 sq km; East Ghazalat, 858 sq km; and West Obayed, 1,841 sq km.

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