Friday, June 22, 2007

BP Will Share Oil, Gas Discoveries With Libya, National Oil's Ghanem Says

(Bloomberg) -- BP Plc, Europe's second-largest
petroleum company, and the Libyan government will share any oil
fields BP may find under an exploration accord signed with the
North African nation last month, a Libyan official said.

The agreement was initially announced as a ``natural-gas
cooperation accord'' during British Prime Minister Tony Blair's
visit to Libya on May 29. London-based BP committed to spend at
least $900 million on exploration works in offshore and onshore
plots that cover a total of 54,000 square kilometers (20,850
square miles), about the size of West Virginia.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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