BP has won a tender to buy a cargo of jet fuel for loading in the first week of February from Egypt's Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) traders said on Friday.
Citadel Capital SAE, the Egyptian private equity firm that has raised $3.7 billion to build an oil refinery, plans to start construction in the second quarter.
Kuwait Energy Plc, one of the fastest growing independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the Middle East, today announced a new oil discovery in Egypt's Ahmad-1X well, located in the Gulf of Suez's Area A concession.
Despite a deep funds crunch, the premier state public sector undertaking (PSU), Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) will not be dropping its plan to continue with oil and gas exploration in Egypt.
A gasoline shortage in Egypt has led to long queues at fuel stations and raised suspicions among drivers that it may be a prelude to a cut in subsidies, despite official reassurances that there is no plan to hike prices.
Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco) finished the drilling of two development wells, BED-19-2 and BAHGA-U in the company's Alam El-Shawish West Block, in the Western Desert.
Agiba Petroleum Company revealed that its production rates of crude oil and natural gas have been, to some extent, consistent over the previous six months.
Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) witnessed a steady production rate over the last quarter of 2011. The company concluded the year with the drilling of two wells, one exploratory and one development.
Dana Petroleum plc is pleased to announce first oil production from its Matr-1XST well in the North Zeit Bay production sharing contract (PSC) area onshore in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. This follows the recent approval of the Matr Development lease by the Ministry of Petroleum.
Sea Dragon Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arm's length share purchase agreement with Golden Crescent Investments Ltd to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of National Petroleum Company Egypt Limited.