As the world geared up for Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) 2021, Egypt Oil & Gas Newspaper was eyeing the opportunity to speak with Dawn Summers, the Chief Operating Officer of Europe’s leading gas and oil company, Wintershall Dea. Mohamed Fouad, the CEO of EOG met with Dawn to discuss her strategic and technical insights on the latest developments that shape the energy transition pathway.

Following the acquisition of Shell’s onshore assets, Cheiron’s operated production in Egypt has increased to over 130 kboepd, establishing us as one of the four biggest E&P operators in the country. The acquisition has also diversified our asset portfolio and created a long term, core investment area for the company in the Western Desert, to complement our existing Gulf of Suez and emerging Nile Delta positions.

The oil and gas upstream sector deals with the exploration and production (E&P) of the world's hydrocarbon wealth. A global key concern to the oil and gas leaders is sustainability and the safety of staff, assets and the environment. Egypt Oil and Gas interviewed health, safety, and environment (HSE) specialists, in addition to asset integrity management experts to explore the effect of these fields on the upstream sector and how can they lead to a sustainable future.

As Egypt eyes to be a regional energy hub, the petroleum geology sector plays an inevitable role to achieve this objective with the support of the research and academic community.

The oil and gas sector is grappling with a slew of challenges, ranging from occupational health and safety to financial limitations, as a result of COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis. Many of these worries are familiar to industry leaders who have built a living out of risk mitigation. The degree to which leaders can continue to rely on longer-term goals like decarbonization and preparing for the energy transition is being challenged as firms regain their ground following the crisis.

Exploration and Production (E&P) stage in the Oil and Gas field is a process that requires real drudgery that must be applauded especially when it is followed by lucrative results. That's why, Egypt Oil and Gas (EOG), who is always keen to shed the light on striking examples of upstream breakthroughs, conducted this interview, with a company managed recently to reach production results too remarkable to be overlooked.

I believe that Methanex has been on a continuous journey of learning, collaboration, and growth over the past years, and since we started operations in 2011. In Egypt we are a joint venture (JV) of Methanex Corporation, the world’s methanol leader, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) and Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum partners Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO), representing a successful model of partnership that delivers value to our employees, partners, customers, shareholders and the community at large whether on the national level or around our plant in Damietta.

The workforce is the core engine that pushes the propulsion systems of any company to work and actually its role is doubled when it comes to the oil and gas industry due to the people-involved offshore and onshore operations that are more like a naval fleet in a national mission. From this vantage point, Egypt Oil and Gas (EOG) was keen to shed the light on the human element while Egypt is celebrating the Labors’ Day on May 1st and conducted this interview.

Responsibility is key and the starting point for all our activities: we act with care, think long-term and create value for ourselves and for society.

When the oil and gas industry says that we’re part of the solution to the global need to transition to lower carbon energy sources, we mean it, and we evidence it with our actions. However, many people automatically dismiss anything coming from our industry, or label it “greenwashing”. Others have bigger concerns on their mind. According to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, poverty alleviation, improving healthcare systems, and closing the economic and social divide are just some of the issues that people believe need urgent action. And these are all issues that don’t have much to do with oil and gas, right? Well, I disagree.