Egypt's 1st Private Gas Producer Dana Gas to Expand Operations

Dana Gas, the Middle East's first private sector regional natural gas company, said it would expand its gas operations and investments in Egypt's growing natural gas industry, AME Info reported.

The company is sponsoring the leading conference for the natural gas industry in Egypt, INTERGAS IV, which is being held from the 15th - 17th May 2007 at the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Dana Gas is participating in the conference and exhibition and hosted the lunch on the opening day following the inauguration, attended by H.E. Eng. Sameh Fahmy, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, H.E. Mohamed Bin Dha'en Al-Hamili, UAE Minister of Energy, and H.E. Shaikh Ali Al Jarah Al Sabah, Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and current President of OPEC.

'Dana Gas is proud to be a major gas producer in Egypt, and is firmly committed to expanding its operations and investments in the growing Egyptian natural gas sector,' said Mr. Rashid Saif Al-Jarwan, General Manager of Dana Gas, speaking at the Intergas IV Conference in Cairo.