An official at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) stated that the drilling of the sixth well of the Zohr gas concession is scheduled to start in January 2017.
An official of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said that the ministry has detected 10% increase in local usage of fossil fuel across all the governorates.
'The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a trap meant to drown Egypt in foreign loans and if Egypt accepts it, the country may soon declare bankruptcy,' said Ibrahim Zahran, a petroleum expert, in an exclusive interview with Egypt Oil&Gas.
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy faces late disagreements with solar energy co-investors over domestic arbitration regarding renewable projects.
In an Interview with Bloomberg, Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, stated that the company is keeping balance by lowering costs to the level of $20 per barrel.
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, presided over a ministry's workshop aimed at studying suitable methods to improve oil and gas sector in Egypt, formulate a vision and outline a plan for the coming period.
Italian Edison, French Total, and British Petroleum (BP), have requested information about Zohr field as they ponder negotiations with Eni over a purchase of 40% of the company's stake in the Mediterranean Sea concession, offshore Egypt.
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and the New & Renewable Energy Authority are studying an offer proposed by the German energy company Siemens to produce 10,000 MW of renewable energy in Egypt by December 2016.
GASCO studies a project to transport gas from Raven field in the North of Alexandria worth $105m and investing $500m in the second phase of a project to boost ethane-propane production in Western Desert.