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Deep water goes ahead
Following a year of slow economic recovery, unstable price fluctuations and damaging incidents in the Gulf of Mexico and China, the oil and gas industry is predicting healthy investment in new exploration and market opportunities in 2011, according to a report on the future of the sector published earlier this year by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by GL Noble Denton, a leading independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry Fugro SAE: Model of innovation and expertise in the Egyptian service market
Since 1996, Fugro SAE (abbreviated FSAE) has been pioneer in the introduction of ROV services to the Egyptian market. HPHT: The Emerging Technical Challenge for Egypt
Given the demand for natural gas in Egypt and the recent success exploring for gas focused upon deeper targets, there is an increasing need for solutions to address the challenges of high pressure and high temperature drilling environments. "Conventional" Miocene targets in the Nile Delta and Mediterranean Sea have relatively benign drilling and completion conditions; temperatures rarely exceed 150 degC and pressures are less than 10kpsi. However, for deeper Oligocene targets, where total depths can exceed 6000 meters, temperatures have approached and/or exceeded 200 degC. And, although expected formation pressure for these deeper targets is - by global standards - not so extreme (i.e. less than 15,000 PSI), equivalent circulating density (ECD) windows are extremely tight, and therefore pore pressure management is essential for a successful drilling campaign IBM celebrates A decade of technological excellence and innovation
IBM has founded its reputation over its long journey as the lead in the world of IT solutions and services worldwide. IBM Egypt has been an integral partner to the Egyptian Society and has led the technological development path in the country. Seizing the occasion of celebrating 100-year anniversary, Eng. Amr Talaat, General Country Manager, IBM Egypt shares with Egypt Oil & Gas his vision and IBM future plan. SKF ”The Knowledge Engineering Company”
For over 100 years SKF has been and still is the world leader in anti-friction bearings. Over the last 40 years SKF Reliability Services division has developed a portfolio of services, products and solutions to help our customers improve performance of their assets and facilities as well as decrease running cost and improve reliability. Oil and Gas 2030, Meeting the growing demands for energy in the coming decades
Despite increasing attention to alternative energy sources, the world can’t forget about oil and gas as it struggles to meet ever-rising demand for clean and affordable energy. Technology is the most important force to increase the supply of more challenging oil and gas, and mitigate the environmental impact of energy production and consumption. Reservoir Pathway Identification in a Fractured Carbonate Heavy Oil Reservoir
The Issaran field, situated in the Egyptian Eastern Desert, is one of the few heavy oil fractured carbonate reservoirs in the world. It has an estimated 700 MMBBLS of 10-12 degree API crude in the Upper and Lower Dolomite reservoirs and the deeper Nukhul reservoir with 10% H2S. Production in 2008 was 5000 STBOPD, forecasted to increase to 6000 STBOPD in 2010. A Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) project was started in Issaran in 2006. Deepwater Surveys Offshore Nile Delta
Until 2000, most offshore exploration activity in Egypt was focused on the shallow waters of the Gulf of Suez. Since then, the industry's focus has gradually switched to the Mediterranean Sea and the search for natural gas. Discoveries have stimulated investment and activity has grown rapidly, moving further offshore into deep water. 
