A plan has been set by the Egyptian government to start developing five new oil and gas fields in Egypt, from the third quarter of 2017 until 2019. The five fields are named: Taurus, Libra, Giza, Fayoum, and Raven.
Egypt has agreed to recommence importing Iran's liquefied gas (LNG), according to an Iranian official, following the permit issued by Cairo for Tehran to transfer crude oil to European countries through its SuMed pipeline.
UK’s Nostra Terra has confirmed that its subsidiary, Independent Resources Egypt (IRE), has now been formally registered with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and is on track to start receiving revenue shared from its recently acquired stake in the East Ghazalat operations in Egypt.
The world’s largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger Limited, has declared that its subsidiary, OneSubsea, has won a $170m contract from Egypt’s Petrobel, to help with the development of Egypt’s Zohr offshore natural gas field.
France’s Schneider Electric (SE) has signed an in-kind gift agreement with the American University in Cairo (AUC) to provide advanced solar energy solutions to help develop local communities in Egypt.
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, and Jordan’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, Ibrahim Saif, discussed the mechanism of implementing energy and natural gas cooperation protocols between the two Arab nations.
BP has announced that along with its regional partner, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS), it has sanctioned a fast-track scheme to develop the Atoll gas field Phase 1 project in Egypt.
New toll rates have been set by Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, as part of a six-month experiment, for the oil tankers that will be using the vital waterway do deliver any very large crude carriers (VLCCs)