Features | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 123
CHANGE; BUT FOR BETTER? What Egypt’s Shift in Energy Policy Means for the Future
A famous Japanese proverb states, “The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” If there is any entity that has taken this advice to heart, surely it is the Egyptian energy sector.
Pricing Data Packages for Concessions: BENEFICIAL OR INEFFECTIVE?
A complaint raised recently by energy industry insiders in Egypt concerns the way bidding rounds take place for new concessions; namely that the bidders are required to buy the preliminary data packages needed for oi ...
Adverse Environment: The Impact of Oil Prices on Egypt’s E&P
As oil prices continue their dive —with prices below $50 dollars per barrel at the time of publishing— many of us are left wondering what’s next. Will prices ever return to their previous levels? Have oil producers c ...
MOC 2014: Egypt Is Back on Track
The 2014 Mediterranean Oil Conference (MOC) was held in Alexandria under the theme of “Unlocking the Potentials of Mediterranean Oil and Gas.” The three-day conference opened with a speech by Eng. Tarek El-Molla, Cha ...
$400 billion Loss for American Shale Due to Oil Price Deterioration
It’s a chess game in every sense for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and American companies producing shale oil – where a nascent revolution faces its first real test since it emerged five ye ...
Deepwater Natural Gas Exploration Technologies
While Egypt has received positive news recently regarding onshore gas projects in the Nile Delta and Western Desert, 80% of its gas reserves reside in the Mediterranean Sea. However, since most of the gas is located ...
Egypt’s Gas Prices: The Entire Story
Gas pricing has been a recurring issue for the current and previous governments alike, and it remains without any apparent solution. The current government has changed the previous gas pricing equation – created by f ...
No Accountability: The Story Behind Mubarak’s Dropped Corruption Charges for Israeli Gas Deal
When on November 29th an Egyptian court dropped all the charges against former president Hosni Mubarak, who had been indicted for the killing of protesters during the January 2011 uprising, some Egyptians reacted wit ...
