Egypt has opened a 750 megawatt power plant in the northern outskirts of Cairo, the cabinet said on Tuesday, as the country tries to stave off power cuts that have plagued Egyptians' lives and businesses in the summer months of the last few years.
In statements made to Al-Bourse, EGPC Head Tariq Al-Mulla announced that EGPC's contract with UAE company Adnoc expires in June, adding that there were no new negotiations with Adnoc to renew the contract.
EGPC’s board of directors decided during an internal meeting yesterday to allow the Egyptian private sector to use the national grid for natural gas, if and when gas is imported from abroad, announced EGPC CEO Tarek El-Molla.
DEA Deutsche Erdoel has equalized its working interest and farmed down its stake in the West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt to its joint venture partner and operator BP in order to better balance its portfolio.
EGPC raised the quantity of diesel fuel supplied to the local market to 40 thousand tons from the original 38 thousand tons by adding an extra 2000 tons per day.
Dakahlia governor Hossam El-Din Imam announced that the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOL) is set to install five solar photovoltaic power plants in Dakahlia governorate.
According to BG Group’s first-quarter offshore activities the group will continue to hold rights to the Rosetta concession, reported Offshore magazine. This is in spite of an agreement the company had signed previously with BP Egypt and RWE DEA to hand over the right of use of the Rosetta onshore ‘facilities’ from mid-2016 to process their gas from 2018.
Government-owned natural gas projects company Egypt Gas has registered EGP 17.3m losses in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, compared to EGP 73.1m recorded profits in Q4 2014, the company announced on Sunday.
EGPC Chairman Tarek Al Molla said that the company will soon announce in the second half of this year a new bid round for exploration in a number of areas .