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Qattara Depression
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Qattara Depression

Area of salt marsh in the Western Desert, Egypt, up to 134 m/440 ft 125 m/400 ft below sea level; area 20,000 sq km/7,500 sq mi. Its very soft sand, caused by seepage of groundwater, makes it virtually impassable to vehicles, and it protected the left flank of the Allied armies before and during the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
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In Egypt, KEC has interests in three onshore producing assets (Area A in the Gulf of Suez and the East Ras Qattara and Burg el Arab concessions, both in the Western Desert), one development asset (Abu Sennan in the Western Desert), and an early exploration asset (Block 6 in Southern Egypt).
News in brief by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
The discovery was in the East Ras Qattara block, and was the company's fourth since it started exploring in Egypt in 2006.
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The firm says it has found already two new oilfields in Egypt's East Ras Qattara block.
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