An oil tanker carrying 80,000 tons of crude from rebel-held east Libya entered Egypt's Suez Canal on April 9 heading towards the Red Sea, a canal official told Reuters.
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation raised its stake in Egyptian Refining Company, upping overall public stake to 49.5 per cent in a new oil refinery, says company's chairman.
Gross production from Al Baraka field on the Kom Ombo block in upper Egypt is averaging an estimated 900 b/d of oil, said Sea Dragon Energy Inc., Calgary, cooperator of the concession with Dana Gas Egypt.
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri will discuss the resumption of natural-gas imports from Egypt during talks in Cairo, according to Mohammad Shatah, his economic adviser.
Egypt's Citadel Capital has postponed plans for the initial public offering (IPO) of its electricity and natural gas distributor Taqa Arabia because of lower valuation prospects, according to a senior executive.
Plexus Holdings PLC, an AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, said it has signed a GBP200,000 agreement with BG Egypt.
To complaints that Egypt is losing $ 13 million a day on natural gas exports to Israel, Petroleum Minister Abdallah Ghorab responded: There is no global gas price.
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) signed an agreement allowing it to increase the price of natural gas sold to Union Fenosa SA, to reflect soaring global crude prices, according to an official for the Egyptian company.
''Saudi Arabia must stop digging for oil in the Red Sea until impact assessments on marine life have been made,'' diving and environment officials say.
Wadi El Sahl Petroleum Company (WASPETCO) gained the approval of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to go through with its current fiscal plan of the year 2010-2011 in the area of Hurghada.