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Oil Shale Potential in Egypt by Abdelrahman Mossaad is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Egypt has significant resources of black shale in the Safaga-Qusier area in the Eastern Desert and Abu Tartur area in the Western Desert. Studies have found that the black shales in Quseir-Safaga contain up to 40 gallons of oil per ton and could contain over 4.5 billion barrels of extractable oil. The black shales extend over a vast area from Kharga to Edmonstone and from Kharga to Dungul. Seven exploratory wells have been drilled in the El Quseir area of the Red Sea, and the first exploratory well at Abu T

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Abdelrahman Mossaad

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