New analysis is estimating that Eni’s Zohr natural gas discovery has significant technical, commercial, and strategic implications for the gas market in Egypt, according to IHS Energy. Map of Zohr…
Polarcus has announced it has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Egypt utilizing Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project will commence in Q4 2015 and run for approximately two and a half months.
BG Group secured 35% stake from Houston-based Noble Energy in Block 12 offshore Cyprus in a US$165 million farm out deal, which gives the UK deepwater and LNG focused company a piece of the Aphrodite natural gas discovery. Map of Cyprus…
The Mediterranean and North African region is largely considered to be a promising frontier oil and gas area, and yet, border tensions, and internal disputes have seriously held back exploration efforts. Audrey Leon surveys the prospects…
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…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, president of Egypt, and Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s chief executive officer, met in Cairo to discuss Eni's activities in the country. Image from Eni. During the meeting…
US-based independent Apache has rejected a recent takeover bid, said to be worth US$18 billion, according to Bloomberg. But the company is now working with Goldman Sachs on a defense strategy. On 9 November, analyst firm Simmons & Co…
Image: crane simulator in Egypt/GE Marine In 2012, the AAST-GE DP Center was established through a joint effort between GE and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport…
Eni CEO Claudo Descalzi met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz in Jerusalem today (29 October) to discuss potential joint development of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean as…
Eni is increasing its presence offshore Egypt, as the company picks up two licenses in the 2015 EGAS bid round. Image from Eni Flickr. The two exploration licenses, North El Hammad and North Ras El Esh…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Pharaonic Petroleum Co. for the development of the East Nile Delta Phase 3 Project (END-3). The scope includes installation engineering, procurement and fabrication of rigid spools, and installation of pipeline…
Egypt's state gas company EGAS announced the result of the 2015 international exploration Mediterranean bid round, with blocks awarded to BP, Eni, Edison and Total. In total, four blocks were awarded, with a total investment of US$306 million and a signing bonus of $10…
Eni has laid claim to discovering the largest gas field in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea and says the field could become one of the world’s largest natural gas finds. The Italian operator says the deepwater Zohr field could hold up to 30 Tcf of lean gas in place (or 5…
Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt. The Taurus Libra development is a subsea project tied in to existing BG Group operated Burullus facilities…
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…