Recent technological advances have allowed for economically viable extraction of unconventional forms of gas. Unconventional forms of natural gas including shale, tight gas, and coalbed methane, generally occur in lo ...
Recently, a report produced by the US Energy Information Agency noted that Egypt has significant proven and prospective volumes of natural gas and sizeable deposits of crude oil. There are around 2 trillion cu meters ...
Shale gas refers to natural gas that is trapped in small pores inside shale rock. Since the pores are not connected and shale is relatively impermeable, it is not possible to extract large amounts of shale gas by usi ...
The US is currently in the midst of what has been dubbed an energy renaissance. This renaissance was spurred by the country's ability to tap unconventional oil and gas. Unconventional oil lacks a standard definition, ...
The removal of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from power on July 3 and the consequent crackdown on his supporters and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood has caused political turmoil, chaos and left over 1,000 ...
Since the ouster of Morsi much of Egypt has been in a state of fluctuation. In the realm of oil and gas, the past summer has witnessed a few signs of concern. In July a consortium of Indian companies declined to sign ...
The unrest following the removal of Former President Mohamed Morsi has heightened the post-revolution impact that declining tourism revenue and decreasing foreign investment have had upon Egypt's economy. In the wake ...
The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohamed Morsi, as the president of Egypt seemed to signal a promising future for an organization that was banned for the nearly six decades leading up to the Januar ...
The Egyptian Petroleum Society (EPEX), headed by Dr. Ahmed A. Fattah, recently devoted a monthly session to the topic of unconventional resources in Egypt. Held on June 24th at the Sofitel in Maadi, the session broug ...