???? 据离岸工程网站2月18日消息 埃及周四宣布，开始启动24个油气勘探区块的拍卖。

????一位石油部消息人士向路透社记者表示，这轮拍卖将于8月1日结束，包括地中海9个区块、西部沙漠12个区块和苏伊士湾3个区块。

????自2015年意大利埃尼集团在埃及地中海沿岸发现了巨大的佐尔气田以来，埃及的天然气产量迅速增长。

????埃及石油部的一份声明称，埃及石油总公司（EGPC）和埃及天然气公司（EGAS）正在投标。

????埃及还宣布推出数字门户网站“埃及上游门户”，为石油工业勘探和生产活动提供地质数据。

????该国正试图将自己定位为东地中海的能源中心，从以色列进口天然气，出口到约旦，并有可能出口到欧洲和亚洲。

????吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

????原文如下：

????Egypt Launches Oil and Gas Bid Round for 24 blocks

????Egypt announced on Thursday the start of a bid round for exploration and exploitation of oil and natural gas in 24 blocks.

????The round, which concludes on Aug. 1, includes nine blocks in the Mediterranean Sea, 12 in the Western Desert and three in the Gulf of Suez, an oil ministry source told Reuters.

????Egypt's gas production has boomed since Italy's Eni discovered the giant Zohr field off Egypt's Mediterranean coast in 2015.

????The tenders were being offered by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Egyptian Natural Gas (EGAS), a ministry statement said.

????Egypt also announced the launch of a digital portal, Egypt Upstream Gateway, to provide geological data for petroleum industry exploration and production activities.

????The country is trying to position itself as an energy hub in the eastern Mediterranean, importing gas from Israel and exporting to Jordan and potentially to Europe and Asia.