On 25 December 2019, IEOC (Eni) and EGPC signed with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum two agreements for E&P operations in the Western Desert. The first agreement covers operations in the South East Siwa (Dev) block, Northern Egypt Basin, with minimum investment expenditures of USD 17 million, and a signature bonus of USD 1.2 million for the drilling of 4 wells. The block, which covers an area of 3,015 sq km was granted to IEOC in February 2019 as a part of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) 2018 bid round closed on 1 October 2018. Five unsuccessful wells were drilled within the acreage between 1957 and 2013.  The second agreement covers operations in the West Razzak (Dev) block, Northern Egypt Basin, with minimum investment expenditures of USD 34 million, and a signature bonus of USD 5 million for the drilling of 13 wells. The West Razzak (Dev) block was initially granted to Agiba, a JV between EGPC, IEOC and Denison Mines in 1989. It covers an area of 80 sq km and includes four producing fields: Aghar, Aghar West, Aghar Southwest and Aghar East.
IEOC (Eni) and EGPC signed with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum two agreements South East Siwa (Dev) and West Razzak (Dev) blocks,in the Western Desert.