Dana Gas exceeds 2007 production goals in Egypt

• Sunday, 6th January 2008
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, has announced an exit rate of 32 thousand barrels of oil per day equivalent for 2007, exceeding company expectations. The early production from two new discoveries has contributed substantially to the favorable production rate and brings significant development potential to Egypt.

AGR Group’s RMR Secures First Jackup Rig RMR Commitment

• Thursday, 3rd January 2008
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

AGR Group has entered its first jackup agreement for its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR) technology, on the jackup rig Constellation II in Egypt, with BP.

BG Energy Challenge 2007-Egypt: Teams commit US $ 120,000 to charity

• Wednesday, 2nd January 2008
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The BG Energy Challenge 2007 - Egypt raised over $120,000 for charity in Upper Egypt. Held in Wadi El-Gimal National Park in the south east of Egypt by the Red Sea, over 140 participants, forming 25 teams, mostly from the energy sector, spent two days hiking and climbing mountains in the Wadi as well as taking part in competitive games between each climb.

Burullus selects VetcoGray for West Delta Deep Marine Project

• Monday, 17th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Burullus Gas Company has again selected control system technology from VetcoGray to aid in the development of a new gas field in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) area offshore the Nile Delta.

Dana strikes more Egypt gas

• Monday, 17th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Dana Gas has made another gas discovery in Egyptia. The Dabayaa-2 delineation well was drilled by Dana’s upstream division, Centurion Petroleum, on the eastern side of the West Manzala concession to appraise the Dabayaa-1 discovery well, which was made earlier this year.

Egypt holds oil talks with India

• Wednesday, 12th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Egypt is in talks with India's top state-run refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to jointly build a $9 billion refinery and petrochemical complex in the north African nation, Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi confirmed yesterday.

Joint Projects with China to increase the production of LPG and Oil Exploration

• Monday, 10th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

During his visit to China, Eng. Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Petroleum, declared that it was agreed upon, with the Chinese Chemical Engineering Corporation, the major Chinese company operating in the domains of oil, gas and petrochemicals, to establish a new project for producing Dimethyl Ether (DME).

PTTEP Sets Up Shop in Egypt

• Sunday, 9th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

PTTEP has established three new subsidiaries to carry out projects in Arab Republic of Egypt. Details of the subsidiaries are outlined below.

Egyptian Jade shines for Apache

• Tuesday, 4th December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

US independent Apache today reported that its Jade-4 well in Egypt's Western Desert had test-flowed 23.8 million cubic feet of natural gas and 2107 barrels of condensate per day.

Melrose Begins Production at West Dikirnis Field in Egypt

• Sunday, 2nd December 2007
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Melrose Resources reports that first production was established at the West Dikirnis field in the onshore Nile Delta on November 30, 2007. The field development was completed within 12 months of project sanction and came in under budget. The initial production stream is from the West Dikirnis No.2 well and it is anticipated that output from the field will reach a 10,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of the year as additional wells are opened for production.