With the rapid development of the Egyptian oil and gas sector, the formation of new professionals should follow up the pace. In this context, Egypt Oil & Gas took interest in knowing what the academia had to say about the country’s current position in Africa and the development of its youth.
ExxonMobil rejoined the Egyptian upstream sector in February after being awarded exploration rights in the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt Oil & Gas took interest in the company’s achievement and spoke to Hesham El Amroussy, Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Egypt.
Azza Kamel, Chairman Assistance for Exploration at Wasco Petroleum Company, went through a number of prejudices in her career before reaching her current position. Egypt Oil & Gas had the pleasure to talk to her and learn more about her journey.
Sara Mansour, a young instrumentation and control engineer working at GASCO, is one of the Egyptian women currently making the remote fields in the desert her workplace. Egypt Oil & Gas spoke to her and learned more about her current activities in the Western Desert as well as her opinion on the inclusion of females in the oil and gas sector.
Egypt Oil & Gas spoke to young Egyptian engineer Al-Shaimaa Omar, who has been working in the field of bioenergy for more than six years, about her biogas project in Egypt and its role in establishing a strong base for a diversified rural economy and self-sufficiency.
Egypt Oil & Gas brought together four prominent women working in different divisions of the industry to discuss topics related to female participation and to inspire young female professionals.
Nadine El Tanahy, a senior Petroleum and Energy Engineering student at the American University in Cairo (AUC), is among an increasing number of women breaking stereotypes and joining the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field. Nadine spoke to Egypt Oil & Gas about her aspirations after graduating and her views on the opportunities for female employees in the petroleum industry.
Xodus Group is an international energy consultancy founded in 2005 to provide an integrated approach for energy challenges. As a sign of its commitment to the Egyptian oil and gas sector, the company has a newly-opened office in Cairo, and looks at expanding its presence in the Egyptian oil and gas sector. Egypt Oil & Gas spoke to Rebecca Hewlett, Xodus Group’s London Operations Director, who gave us a deeper understanding of the company’s activities and aspirations in Egypt.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources achieved outstanding results in oil and gas activities throughout 2018. Petroleum minister Eng. Tarek El Molla shared with Egypt Oil & Gas the sector’s achievements and their impacts to the economy and the Egyptian society.
While the EOG Technical Committee was getting ready for the second edition of the Upstream Operational Excellence Convention, we had the opportunity to talk to Thomas Maher, the committee’s Chairman, and President and COO of Apex Egypt, to discuss about the committee’s vision, latest activities, and plans for the future.
