title: Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd
text: # Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd
  
  Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd was an oil company was registered in London on 6 July 1911 based on oilfields in Egypt.
  
  The company was a joint operation of Royal Dutch Shell and British Petroleum.
  
  In July 1961 the government of the United Arab Republic acquired 50% shareholding of the company. It was renamed as the Al Nasr Oilfields Company on 4 January 1962, and was converted into a United Arab Republic Company. It seems to have been nationalised in 1964, and news reports cite Nasser's seizing in 1964 while Skinner's Oil and petroleum year book suggests 1951 control.
  
  The oilfields utilised were the Hurghada and the Ras Gharib, on the western shore of the Red Sea. It also held a joint leases in the Sinai peninsula. It had a refinery at Suez.
  
  