Features | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 111
Nigeria’s Unfulfilled Gas Flare Targets
Nigeria is an eloquent example of a gas flaring paradox. While exerting efforts in stopping routine gas flaring for decades, an end to this practice seems to be still distant for the country. It seems that Nigeria is ...
Fading Environmentally Destructive Flames
Gas flaring, a long-standing practice in the oil and gas industry, has come under harsh criticism. It not only wastes valuable resources and billions of dollars annually, it also has a severe impact on the environmen ...
BURNING GAS, BURNING MONEY
For a country that is already juggling several economic problems, the prospect of saving an additional $300m per year is an exciting piece of news. The amount corresponds with annual losses that Egypt suffers from as ...
Gas Flaring Reduction is Possible
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the Egyptian oil sector held a prominent workshop on gas flaring reduction in the oil and gas sector in March 2016. At the Cairo event, ...
ZERO GAS FLARE PROSPECTS FOR Egypt
When environmental improvement promises economic prospect, the hesitation is hardly in place. An assumption that environmental responsibility is unattractive as it comes with higher investments has already been shatt ...
Refining In Environmentally Friendly Way
The Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) aspires to become a role model for national projects aimed at adopting environmentally friendly operations to meet national and international standards. The ERC has developed a pro ...
LNG to Launch New Era for Marine Fuel
In the spirits of the UN Climate Change meeting - UNFCCC COP 21 - held in Paris in December 2015, all nations need to do their utmost to reduce levels of polluting emissions as soon as possible. The legal framework ...
MEDITERRANEAN DILEMMA OF LNG BUNKERING
Tankers cruising the Mediterranean Sea have become a dilemma for shippers and oil and gas producers alike. They run on heavy fuel and marine diesel oil. Yet, it is liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is a safest bet for ...
