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BP says makes deep gas discovery in Nile Delta

Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:10am EST

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LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - London-based oil major BP (BP.L) said on Thursday it had made a significant gas discovery at record depths in Egypt's Nile Delta.

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The well, which was drilled to a Nile Delta record depth of more than 6,500 metres, is the first significant high-pressure, high-temperature, offshore oligocene discovery, BP said in a statement.

(Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Marc Jones)

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