Although still uncommon in Egypt, applying service contracts for brownfield operations have been subject of debate to enhance production prospects and the profitability of Egypt’s mature fields. One of the main motivations behind service contracts application is the sovereignty concerns that are solved by using this type of agreement.
4D seismic survey is an advanced well-established data acquisition technique, which uses multiple seismic surveys of a producing field during a certain period in order to determine changes in reservoirs over time.
In order to reactivate the production from mature fields, it is important to conduct an accurate assessment for wells in oil and natural gas brownfields to enable best results. For this, conducting seismic surveys and ensuring that the data is collected and correctly interpreted is essential.
Redeveloping mature fields can have an incredible economic value, only if they are managed efficiently. For this reason, oil and gas industry leaders need to shift their focus to improving efficiency rather than achieving growth, which is often driven just for the sake of boosting profits and gaining competitive edge.
Attracting talented women to be part of the oil and gas sector is an important step towards achieving gender parity in the industry. However, retaining them and enhancing their skills is crucial to give them the opportunity to grow and become future leaders.
With an increasing focus towards gender equality in Egypt’s oil and gas sector, it is evident that middle management has a responsibility to achieve inclusion and diversity targets. Middle management plays an integral role in translating goals and strategies set by the top management into policies and targets that are achievable by employees.
Digitized equipment has helped women's participation in extractive fields and encouraged them to reject the stereotypes of “male-dominated” industries. Using recent technologies could help Egypt bridge the gender gap in these sectors as it helps women have more flexibility to challenge the existing barriers.
In order to boost female participation and give women equal opportunities of building a successful career path, the industry has to ensure that female graduates are up-to-date and well trained, and emphasize how reskilling through a top-down approach can create a bigger impact.
Including humanities and liberal arts studies into the engineering curriculum can produce more well-rounded engineers into the next generation. Egypt Oil and Gas spoke to a range of students, academics, and practitioners in order to know their views on the application of humanities to engineering.
Mature fields remain a popular investment. However, as production curves decline and surrounding infrastructure ages, mature fields present both technical and operational challenges that affect the viability of making or maintaining an investment.
