News / Egypt
El-Hamra Oil Tender for New Rig to Drill Wells in Western Desert
Egypt Oil & Gas learned that El-Hamra Oil is preparing to launch a tender to hire a new rig for the implementation of the company program for the current fiscal year in the Western Desert concession area.
Egypt Has 7 Other Blocks in Mediterranean Similar to Eni’s New Shorouk Discovery
Dr. Wafik Meshref, the Exploration General Manager at Sahara Oil & Gas Company told Egypt Oil & Gas that there are at least seven additional blocks in the Mediterranean Sea that have similar or twin lithology to Shorouk Block.
OSOCO Issues Tender for New Rig in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez
Egypt Oil & Gas has learned that Offshore Shukeir Oil Company Co. (OSOCO) is preparing to launch a tender for a new rig for its development plan for the current fiscal year in the Gabal Al-Zayt concession area in the Gulf of Suez.
PETROSILAH Drills New Exploratory Well in Western Desert
Egypt Oil & Gas has learned that PETROSILAH has completed the drilling of a new exploratory crude oil well in the Western Desert concession area in order to implement the company’s drilling program during the current fiscal year.
NORPETCO Issues Tender for New Rig in Egypt’s Western Desert
Egypt Oil & Gas has learned that NORPETCO has launched a new tender to hire a new rig to execute its drilling program for the current fiscal year in the El-Bahariya fields in the Western Desert concession area.
Egypt Fuel Subsidies to be Distributed Only by Smart Cards
Khalid Abdul Ghani, Director of the Smart Card system for distribution of petroleum products, confirmed that all data for those eligible for fuel subsidies – 5.6m citizens – has been handed over to the traffic authorities so that cards are delivered before implementation of the second stage.
Sherif Ismail: Providing Petroleum Products to Citizens is a Strategic Goal
Egypt Oil and Gas learned that the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Sherif Ismail, had said that the provision for citizens’ needs of petroleum products is a strategic goal and that they are currently executing a program to secure supplies, especially of butane to keep up with increased consumption, especially during the winter. Egypt’s Sherif Ismail to Meet Spanish Energy Minister
Egypt Oil and Gas (EOG) learned that the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Sherif Ismail is on his way to to Spain to meet his counterpart, the Spanish Energy Minister, in order to discuss means of cooperation between the two countries, as well as to invite Spain to participate in a number of projects put forward by the ministry over the last period.
