CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/23/12 -- MENA Hydrocarbons Inc. ("MENA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MNH) announced further to its news release of January 30, 2012 that the Petroservices 750 HP rig Shams 1 has completed customs inspection and arrived on site at MENA's 100% owned Lagia concession in Egypt. Oil tanks have been placed and further production equipment is expected to arrive prior to the end of February. Operations coordination meetings with all suppliers and contractors for drilling, completions, work overs and production are being held in Cairo next week. Final rig inspection by MENA is expected to be completed in the next 10-14 days, at which time MENA expects to begin a six well program starting with its first re-entry on the Lagia 6 existing well. Two re-entries followed by 4 new drills will comprise the first phase of the Lagia development program.
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About MENA Hydrocarbons
MENA Hydrocarbons is an international oil and gas company focused on growing an asset base of production, development and high impact exploration in the Middle East and North Africa region. In Egypt, MENA owns and operates the development lease for the Lagia oil field, a 32 square kilometre onshore block located on the Sinai Peninsula, directly adjacent to the Gulf of Suez. In Syria, MENA owns a 30% participating interest in Block 9 in Syria, a 10,032 square kilometre onshore block prospective for crude oil, natural gas and condensate. In the United States, MENA owns 6,242 gross acres (with an 81.2% average working interest) in Northwestern Montana with light/medium oil reserves, and 36,201 gross acres (with a 99.5% average working interest) in East-Central Utah prospective for both commercial gas sand and coal bed methane. MENA's shares currently trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MNH".
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