Egypt News

Egypt repays $350 million to BG Group

Jan 02, 2015

The Egyptian government has repaid a further US$350 million in outstanding debt to oil and gas firm BG Group.  BG Group, one of a number of companies owed cash by the Egyptian government, says it is now owed US$920 million.  In October…

Egypt repays Circle Oil

Jan 09, 2015

Middle East and North Africa focused oil and gas exploration and production firm Circle Oil is the latest to announce it has received a debt repayment from the Egyptian government.  The company received US$15 million, as part of the recent…

BG confirms Egyptian payment

Oct 06, 2014

BG Group has confirmed it has received a US$350 million debt repayment from the Egyptian government, reducing BG Group's domestic receivables balance in Egypt to around $1.2 billion.  Egypt announced Friday it had paid off $1.5 billion of its debt to foreign oil and gas companies…

Tamar, Dolphinus LOI to supply Egypt with gas

Oct 20, 2014

Tamar partners and Dolphinus Holdings Ltd. signed a letter of intent for the supply of natural gas from the Tamar project located offshore Israel, to Dolphinus for use in Egypt.  Map of Tamar field. From Noble…

Egypt repays $1.5 billion to oil firms

Oct 03, 2014

Egypt has paid off US$1.5 billion of its debt to foreign oil and gas companies, the country's petroleum minister has announced in a statement, according to Egyptian media. The payment, announced a day after the Egyptian government signed $1…

Eni wins big in Egypt

Sep 25, 2014

Eni scooped up three new exploration licenses in Egypt as a result of the 2013 Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) international licensing bid rounds. Two of the three blocks are located…

Petroceltic increases Egypt foothold

Sep 19, 2014

Petroceltic International's joint venture with Edison International Spa has been awarded the North Port Fouad Block, in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2013 International Bid Round. North Port Fouad (Block 7), is offshore the Nile Delta and lies to the north of…

Dana Gas plans Egyptian drilling, wins two Nile Delta blocks

Oct 01, 2014

Dana Gas Egypt signed a gas production enhancement agreement (GPEA) with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Co. (EGPC). According to the agreement, announced 30 September, Dana Gas will begin a 7-year program in the next few months…

BP starts Egyptian HPHT well

Oct 01, 2014

BP Egypt today (1 October) announced the start of drilling the Atoll-1 well offshore Egypt. The deepwater exploration well is the second exploration well in the North Demietta Offshore concession after the Salamat-1 significant discovery announced by BP in 2013…

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…

Dragon Oil in talks to buy Petroceltic

Oct 06, 2014

Dubai-based Dragon Oil is in negotiations with Dublin-based Petroceltic International to consider an all-cash offer for the issued share capital of Petroceltic. Petroceltic's GSP Prometeu drilling rig operating off of Romania…

BP, Eni begin production in Egypt

Aug 21, 2014

Eni announced the start of production from the Denise-Karawan project (DEKA) with partner BP, through the new subsea well Denise South 6 at a gas rate of 1.8 MMcm/d and approximately 800bbl/d of associated condensates. The Denise South…

Dragon signs Egypt contract

Jul 15, 2014

Dragon Oil secured its first operatorship outside Turkmenistan and expects production to reach up to 90,000bo/d by the end of the year.  Dr Abdul Jaleel Al Khalifa, Dragon Oil's CEO, said: 'We are pleased to report that the contract has been signed for Block 19 East Zeit Bay…

Leviathan group signs Egyptian export deal

Jun 30, 2014

The Leviathan field consortium has signed a preliminary deal with BG Group to export up to 3.75Tcf of natural gas over a 15-year period to the UK major’s LNG plant in Idku, Egpyt, operator Noble Energy announced. Under the terms of the non-binding letter of intent (LOI)…

RWE Dea marks 30 years in Gulf of Suez

Jun 06, 2014

RWE Dea has achieved 30 years oil production in the Gulf of Suez. The company has produced over 640 million bbl of crude during these three decades. Ongoing investments in modern technology and infrastructure have maintained high production levels…

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