Egypt News

Eni Strikes Deal with Total to Boost Algeria Operations

Oct 29, 2018

Italian oil major Eni said on Monday it had struck a deal to team up with French peer Total to look for oil and gas in Algeria and strengthen its position in the north African country.The two oil companies signed a deal with state-owned Algerian…

SDX Terminates Talks Over BP's Egyptian Assets

Oct 19, 2018

North Africa-focused oil company SDX Energy has terminated talks for a potential acquisition of assets in Egypt from the oil giant BP.A press release from SDX announced that further to the announcement made on September 20, 2018, discussions…

Noble Energy Cashes Out of Tamar Petroleum After Egypt Gas Deal

Oct 03, 2018

Texas-based Noble Energy sold its 43.5 percent stake in Israel's Tamar Petroleum after announcing last week that it would help finance a gas export deal with Egypt, the Israeli business daily The Marker reported on Wednesday.Noble's sale of 40 million Tamar shares…

Israeli, Egyptian Partners Buy into Pipeline to Allow Gas Deal

Sep 27, 2018

Israeli and Egyptian partners have agreed to purchase 39 percent of the shares in the EMG pipeline for $518 million, a deal that will enable natural gas exports from Israel to Egypt to begin as early as the start of 2019, the companies said on Thursday…

BP to Invest $1 Bln in Egypt This Year

Feb 12, 2018

BP is looking to invest over $1 billion in Egypt this year, making the country once again a top destination for investment, its CEO said on Monday.Speaking at an industry event in Egypt, Bob Dudley said the company was no longer owed any money by the Egyptian government…

Eni, BP confirm Zohr first production

Dec 20, 2017

Eni and partner BP have confirmed that production has started from the giant Zohr gas field offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. The deepwater field, with potential resources in excess of 30 Tcf of gas in place, started-up in less than two and a half years from the discovery…

2017: Exploration hot spots

Dec 21, 2017

Senegal and Mauritania are set for a raft of activity as two major projects move towards putting both countries on the deepwater map, while Cyprus waits in the wings. Elaine Maslin reports. (First published in the December 2017 OE.) Rokhaya Diallo Gunning…

Year in review: Top 10 2017 capex projects

Dec 19, 2017

Audrey Leon takes a look through some of the industry’s biggest ongoing projects by capex in 2017. Five of the 10 biggest projects by capex were offshore projects in 2017, led by Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project offshore Australia.  Ichthys…

Eni targets Cyprus drilling by year end

Nov 27, 2017

Eni and partner Total are targeting drilling on Block 6 offshore Cyprus by the end of this year, the Italian major has said. It will be just nine months after the signature of the Block 6 exploration and production sharing contract (EPSC)…

Rosneft closes Shorouk stake deal

Oct 10, 2017

Russia’s Rosneft has closed the US$1.13 billion deal to acquire stake in the Shorouk concession, containing the giant Zohr field offshore Egypt from Italy’s Eni. Map of Zohr, from Eni. Rosneft…

BHGE nets major Zohr contract

Sep 11, 2017

Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) has won a major subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the supergiant Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt. BHGE will provide project management, engineering procurement, fabrication…

BP closing in on Juniper, Zohr

Aug 01, 2017

BP is on track to start up its Juniper project off Trinidad in the coming weeks, and bring Eni’s Zohr online offshore Egypt by the end of 2017. The supermajor was hopeful in its Q2 2017 earnings call, announcing the possibly of having final…

Saipem nets Zohr order

Jul 27, 2017

Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth US$900 million for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimised Ramp Up” phase of the “supergiant” Zohr field development project offshore Egypt…

AGR bags Dana deal off Egypt

Jul 21, 2017

Global energy services and technology company AGR, has signed a SaaS (software as a service) contract with Dana Gas PJSC to supply the latest version of its P1 software for deepwater exploration efforts offshore Egypt. Petter Mathisen…

Hot air - MENA in the spotlight

Jun 27, 2017

High hopes are pinned on gas as a transition fuel and there being markets to sell it to in the gas-rich Mediterranean. Elaine Maslin reports. Maersk Discoverer drilling in Egypt's Eastern Med Sea for BP…

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