"Gulf Of Suez" News

ThinJack wins largest Egypt project

May 24, 2016

Aberdeenshire-based ThinJack has entered into a deal with a Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.  The deal could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region…

Surveying Mediterranean prospects

Nov 01, 2015

Jerry Lee reports on all the exploration and production activity currently ongoing in the Mediterranean and North Africa. The Maersk Discoverer drilling in Egypt’s East Mediterranean Sea. Photos from BP…

Eni in US$2 billion Egypt investment

Nov 12, 2015

Italian giant Eni and the Egyptian Government entered into an agreement for three amendments for the IEOC concessions, both onshore and offshore Egypt that will see the Italian giant make an additional investment of more than US$2 billion in the next four years…

Egypt awards 3 offshore blocks

Aug 06, 2015

Egypt has announced the results of its delayed 2014 exploration bid round. The round sought to find companies to explore 10 areas in the Gulf of Suez, the Eastern Desert, and east and west of the Nile. Six of those area offshore in the south Gulf of Suez…

Rockhopper's Ombrina Mare takes step forward

Aug 10, 2015

Falklands and Mediterranean-focused explorer Rockhopper Exploration has taken a step forward in its plans to develop an offshore Italy oil field. The firm's Ombrina Mare field environmental impact assessment has been approved by Italy's…

Egypt, Eni sign US$2 billion deal

Jun 01, 2015

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) and Italian giant Eni entered into a US$2 billion deal for exploration and development activities offshore Egypt. Image from Egypt Ministry of Petroleum…

OneSubsea inks BP West Nile Delta gig

Apr 23, 2015

OneSubsea is getting a piece of BP’s West Nile Delta Taurus Libra development offshore Egypt by snagging a multi-million dollar subsea contract. Image from OneSubsea. The scope…

UK may revoke Dea UK/LetterOne licenses

Apr 20, 2015

The UK government is giving Dea UK and partner LetterOne three to six months for a further change of control for UK North Sea petroleum licenses or they will be revoked. RWE Breagh installation…

BP developing Egypt’s West Nile Delta

Mar 06, 2015

BP signed final agreements to develop the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) gas fields, with production set at reaching up to 1.2 Bcf/d in Egypt. BP worker on a platform in the Gulf of Suez. From BP…

Eni in US$5 billion Egypt venture

Mar 16, 2015

Italian giant Eni is investing an estimated US$5 billion dollars for the development of oil and gas resources in Egypt, including the development of 200 MMbbl and 1.3 TCF of gas. Image from Eni.   Egyptian…

Egypt’s bid to spur oil, gas activity

Jan 20, 2015

Egypt’s bid to pay off its mountain of debt to international oil companies and improve contract terms could create a rush of activity to make up for lost time. Patrick Werr reports. Former chairman of Egypt’s state-owned gas holding company…

Eni to explore Egyptian Mediterranean

Jan 14, 2015

Italian giant Eni signed two concession agreements to explore two blocks in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt as part of the 2013 Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGAS) bid round. Image from Eni.   Blocks…

Egypt signs six new oil and gas agreements

Jan 12, 2015

Egypt's government has signed six new agreements for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Suez and the Western Desert, the Oil Ministry announced 9 January.  The agreements were with Shell, Italian firm ENI, BP and Canada's Trans Globe…

RWE Dea awarded two blocks in Egypt

Sep 17, 2014

German company RWE Dea has been awarded two offshore blocks in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt’s international bid round. The new RWE Dea licences in the Gulf of Suez Map from Dea RWE will become…

Colloquy: Marking the years

Dec 01, 2014

Among the notable industry milestones in 2014, organizations commemorated significant anniversaries and acknowledged not just survival, but growth. Sesquicentennial! – 2014 is the 150th anniversary of the Foundation Det Norske Veritas…

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