Features / Interview
Apex International Energy: READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
A new player has entered the Egyptian oil and gas industry and is ready for business. Apex International Energy launched its presence in Egypt with a New Cairo office and an initial investment commitment of up to $500 million from Warburg Pincus. Apex is energetic, enthusiastic, and eager to grow hydrocarbon production in the country in an effort to create value and make a difference.
Collaboration as a Game Changer
At the time ENG. SALEM HASSAN ABDALLAH joined Suez Oil Company (SUCO) as its Chairman, the oil prices witnessed a major downfall, which “has become a serious problem for all the companies,” as he said in an exclusive interview with Egypt Oil&Gas.
EGYPT IS COMPETING FOR GLOBAL CAPITAL
At the Egypt Oil&Gas Newspaper’s (EOG) Annual Convention, EOG had a pleasure of meeting Transglobe Energy Country Manager &Director and Chairman of the Brownfields Technical Committee, BRIAN TWADDLE, to discuss the most burning issues related to improving the investment environment in Egypt, consolidation of the Joint Venture companies (JVs), and unexplored cooperation potential with the service sector.
Gas Flaring Reduction is Possible
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the Egyptian oil sector held a prominent workshop on gas flaring reduction in the oil and gas sector in March 2016. At the Cairo event, Egypt Oil&Gas had an opportunity to meet EBRD’s Associate Director, CRISTIAN CARRARETTO, to discuss the Bank’s support for the country in - what has already become - a global initiative - Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 - to eliminate routine gas flaring detrimental to the oil and gas industry in economic terms, to the country’s social development, and most alarmingly to environmental concerns.
PARALLEL PATHS: Energy Reform in Egypt and Jordan
Exclusive Interview with H.E Khaled Irani, Former Energy Minister of Jordan, exploring the remarkable similarities between Jordan’s past experience and Egypt’s current challenges.
Service Companies: Between Innovation and Oil Prices
An Interview with Baker Hughes Vice President, Jerome Jammal, to explore the pressure of dropping oil prices on the current climate for service companies.
Interview with the Vice Chairman for Gas Regulatory Affairs, ENG. AMIRA AL MAZNI
To every storm there is an eye, a core to the problem. And for Egypt, the core is natural gas. The Egyptian energy mix is heavily skewed towards natural gas, which is used for electricity generation, feedstock for factories, processing petroleum products, transportation and for residential and commercial venues.
Paris Climate Change Conference: The Urgency of a Difficult Deal
Interview with the EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action, Miguel Arias Cañete
POLITICS, SUBSIDIES AND GAS: A DIPLOMATIC OPINION
It is often said that politics and the economy are two sides of the same coin. With a clear focus on energy, Egypt Oil & Gas sat down with one of Egypt’s leading political minds, Amre Moussa, to explore the other side of the Egyptian coin.
