OVL inks the North Ramadan Concession Agreement with the Egyptian Oil Minister 18 August, 2005 ONGC Videsh Ltd. alongwith its consortium partner,  IPR Energy Red Sea Inc, a subsidiary of the Texas Independent  IPR  announced the official signing of the North Ramadan Concession Agreement between the Government of Egypt, represented by H.E.Minister of Petroleum Eng. Sameh Fahmy, IPR Energy Red Sea Inc. (IPR), represented by President/CEO Dr.M.K. Dabbous and ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), represented by Executive Vice-President, Mr.S.Roychaudhury.   Seen in the above photographs        are Dr.M.K. Dabbous (Left), H.E.Eng. Sameh Fahmy (Middle) and Mr.S.Roychaudhury(Right)         OVL had earlier announced in March 2005 that it had won the award against competing bids from companies/consortia which included, among others, British Petroleum, Petro SA and Ludin. The block has a potential in place oil of 600 million barrels. OVL has 70 per cent and IPR 30 percent participating interest in the block.     Shri Subir Raha, Chairman, OVL stated that with the signing of the concession agreement, OVL’s priority will be to complete all studies with a view to expedite drilling of the first exploration well and establish reserves in this prolific block. The OVL/IPR consortium will invest in excess of US $ 31 million over the  three phased exploration period which will consist of 5 exploratory wells and acquisition of 3D seismic over the concession area.