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Wednesday, December 2 - 2009

Dana Gas exceeds 2007 production goals in Egypt

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, January 06 - 2008 at 14:53
  • PRESS RELEASE

Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, has announced an exit rate of 32 thousand barrels of oil per day equivalent for 2007, exceeding company expectations.

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The early production from two new discoveries has contributed substantially to the favourable production rate and brings significant development potential to Egypt.

The Al Baraka discovery well has produced the first oil ever in Upper Egypt. In the short period of four months from discovery to first production, the first shipment of oil was delivered to the Assyut Refinery on December 27. The discovery was hailed by the Egyptian Petroleum Minister, H.E. Eng. Sameh Fahmy, who visited the site and named the new field "Al-Baraka" (meaning "blessing" in Arabic). The Minister was accompanied by General Samir Yousif, Governor of Aswan; Hassan Akl, the Chairman of the State Company Ganoub Al-Wadi Holding Petroleum Company (Ganope); and Dr. Hany Elsharkawi, Dana Gas Egypt Country Director.

The Dabayaa-2 delineation well was drilled on the eastern side of the West Manzala concession in the Nile Delta to appraise the Dabayaa-1 discovery well in the Lower Abu Madi Sandstone formation. A new discovery was made in the Upper Abu Madi formation, and the well has added over eight million cubic feet of gas per day and 240 barrels of condensate per day to Dana Gas's production.

Dr. Hany Elsharkawi, Dana Gas Egypt Country Director, expressed the Company's pride in producing the first oil in Upper Egypt and the rapid hook-up of the Dabayaa-2 well, saying: "We are excited about our recent successes, which confirm our confidence in the development opportunities in both the Upper Nile and Lower Egypt concessions."

Rashid Saif Al Jarwan, General Manager of Dana Gas, added: "The year 2008 will be a busy one for Dana Gas, with an active exploration and drilling program continuing in Egypt, as well as the startup of our major projects in the UAE and Northern Iraq. We are also actively evaluating a number of other interesting opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa."
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About Dana Gas
Dana Gas (PJSC) is the first regional private-sector natural gas company in the Middle East, established with over 300 reputable founder shareholders from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, and some 300,000 investors from over 100 nationalities worldwide who submitted applications of over US$78 billion over ten days in the company's regional IPO in late 2005.

Headquartered in Sharjah in the UAE and listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock Market (ADSM), Dana Gas already possesses a network of offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UK, and Canada, with further offices opening throughout the Middle East. Dana Gas currently has assets and projects in gas exploration and production, processing, transportation and marketing in several countries, and aims to play a major role in the rapidly-growing natural gas business throughout the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region across the entire gas value chain.

In addition to its current projects, Dana Gas will be expanding its activities in all elements of the natural gas value-chain, including upstream exploration and production; through the midstream transmission and distribution of gas including LNG trading; and downstream into gas-related industries and petrochemicals.

For further information please contact Mariam Keblawi/ Wajih Halawa, SAHARA PR on +971-4-329 8996

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