As the dash for gas off the coast of Egypt continues to run unabated, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has visited the drilling site of the first well in the drilling program, Italy’s energy giant Eni is currently undertaking in the Gulf of Suez with a rig owned by Shelf Drilling, now part of ADES.

Mineral Resources Minister of Petroleum Sinai Shelf Drilling ADES Exploration Italian EGPC Ministry of Petroleum Karim Badawi Belayim Petroleum Company Courtesy of Ministry of Petroleum Egypt Badawi Samir Raslan Chairman of Petrobel