Engineer Tarek El-Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said that the coming period will witness the announcement of the discovery of a new gas well called “Narges-1 X” in the Mediterranean Sea, in the concession area granted to the Italian companies Chevron, Eni and the Egyptian Tharwa.
This came during statements on the sidelines of the eighth ministerial meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum.
Tarek El-Molla, Minister of Petroleum, added that reserves assessments, detection layers, and a number of related details are currently being studied in preparation for the official announcement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Chevron.