Eni reached a record level of production of 70 thousand b/d in the Western Desert of Egypt, doubling its level of production in three years. Eni announced in a statement.
Indian petrochemical giant Sanmar plans to invest $350m in the expansion of its Egypt plant Trust Chemical Industries (TCI) in Port Said, raising its total investment in the country to $1.45bn.
Misr Iran Development Bank ( MIDB ) is working on inject EGP100m in an EGP1.5bn ($196.6m) financing for state-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company ( EEHC ).
SkyPower Global and International Gulf Development (IGD) have signed an agreement with the Government of Egypt to develop 3,000 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar PV.
Sherif Ismail, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Egypt, emphasized the importance of supporting Egyptian-Arab cooperation in various areas of the oil industry in light of the economic need for such projects.
Egypt's top prosecutor will appeal a court ruling acquitting former president Hosni Mubarak's Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy of the charge of exporting gas to Israel below market prices.
State-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will start monthly deliveries of $400m of petroleum products to Egypt from next week until the end of October.
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) revealed on Friday a bid to import four shipments of diesel oil (768,000 tons), in efforts to provide the required fuel needed to supply electricity stations during the summer.