Premier discuses with Shell president exploring for natural gas

Egypt's Prime Ministe Atef Ebeid met on Monday with President of the Royal Dutch Petroleum, Shell, Jeroen Van der Veer. Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy attended the meeting.

Emerging from the meeting, Fahmy said that they discussed one of the company's largest projects for natural gas excavation in the deep waters, 2.5 kilometers, of the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea coast.