A project that could add 22 percent to Egypt's natural gas supply is one year behind schedule because local residents in the town of Idku, east of Alexandria, continue to oppose British Petroleum's (BP) plans to build a processing plant on the town's seashore.
Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), secured a AED 142 million Construction Contract of a Mining Grade Ammonium Nitrate Plant in the province of Ain Sukhna in Egypt.
Agiba Petroleum Company announced the successful drilling of the Meleiha 78 well, in the Meleiha development lease, onshore Shoushan sub-basin, located in the Western Desert.
Dana Petroleum plc (''Dana'') is pleased to announce that The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum has approved ''Petro Kareem'' - a new joint venture between Dana and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
French energy company Total is on the verge of signing a contract with the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company to establish a US$3 billion plant for the production of olefins by steam cracking of natural gas, said a Petroleum Ministry official.