814 Oil Struck

AP:

CAIRO, Egypt: Circle Oil and Premier Oil said Friday that they have struck oil in their onshore North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt.

Initial, sustained production was over 3,000 barrels per day of crude and 4 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas, the United Kingdom-based oil and gas producers said. The concession lies southeast of Cairo in the Gulf of Suez Basin.

“This discovery is excellent news,” Circle Chief Executive Officer David Hough said in a statement. He noted that it comes on the heels of the company’s gas production start-up in Morocco. [Full Story]

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