Features | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 117
MERGER MANIA: A RECIPE FOR RIDING THE DOWNSTREAM WAVE
Not a day goes by without a headline about a major merger or acquisition in the global oil and gas sector—recently Halliburton swallowed up Baker Hughes for $35b and, bigger still, Royal Dutch Shell bought out BG Gro ...
UNLOCKING EGYPT’S ENERGY POTENTIAL
The industry often gets a glimpse of how the state views the it, its challenges and its future; however, rarely does the government present a completely unified outlook of how the industry is viewed and how it plans ...
WHO IS KIDNAPPING FOREIGNERS? A HISTORY OF SINAI STATE
On July 22nd, armed men stepped in front of Tomislav Salopek’s car just outside Cairo’s western suburb of 6th October City. Forcing the vehicle to a stop, the men quickly grabbed Salopek and bundled him into a waitin ...
LOW OIL PRICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON NON-OIL SECTORS
With oil prices still low, and many oil and gas companies laying off thousands, the oil downturn is marking a significant turning point in the energy industry, and the non-oil sectors have been affected as following
OIL AND INDEPENDENCE: DISSECTING THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
South Sudan enjoys the twin status of being the youngest nation in the world and, at the same time, the most oil-dependent country on the planet. 98% of South Sudan’s export revenues are from hydrocarbons. Being the ...
DISCOVERY OF THE DECADE: ENI’S NEW DEEPWATER FIND BIGGEST EVER IN EGYPT.
“This Historic Discovery Will Transform the Energy Industry in Egypt” Statements like this often course through the oil and gas industry in Egypt, but this time it may actually not be hyperbole. In a company s ...
OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION: INJECTING LOW SALINITY FRESH WATER IN WELLS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION.
Injecting fresh water in wells to increase production has been a long-awaited project for GUPCO’s stakeholders since the time BP’s executives and the EGPC endorsed this method some time ago. The GUPCO LoSal EOR proje ...
THE BLACK WELL OF ANGOLA: AN OIL-RICH COUNTRY IN DESPAIR
Below the equator’s belt on the African continent, Angola sits in relative silence. Conflict ridden for years, the country switched from a war of independence that lasted over a decade to a civil war more than double ...
