Egypt agrees deal with Eni, BP for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean
The agreement also includes drilling in the coming months an exploration well for natural gas in the Lake Timsah area, which lies in a basin developed along a fault extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez through the Bitter Lakes region.
(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah in Dubai, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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