Egypt, Norway discuss petroleum cooperation

CAIRO - 25 November 2019: Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el Molla reviewed on Monday the procedures and programs that led to achieving outstanding results and increasing investments in the petroleum and natural gas sectors.

This took place during his meeting with Norwegian Ambassador here Lena Natasha Lind.

The two sides discussed boosting cooperation in the petroleum and gas domains.

The Norwegian diplomat expressed the desire of Norwegian companies to increase their investments in the petroleum domain, citing investments by Equinor energy company and other Norwegian specialized service companies.

She praised the contribution of the Norwegian company BGS in the two-dimensional seismic research and data processing project carried out for the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS).

She invited Molla to attend the World Petroleum Conference and Exhibition to be held in Norway in August 2020.