BP Announces Third Gas Discovery in North Damietta

• Monday, 27th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

BP announced another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961 meters in water depth of appr ...

PetroZenima Connects Drilled Wells to Production Platforms

• Sunday, 26th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

PetroZenima has drilled eight wells in the 39km Mozhel field in the Gulf of Suez concession area. The first and second wells were connected and began producing from 500b/d to 800b/d of oil.

SDX Drills Exploratory Well in Egypt

• Monday, 20th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

SDX Energy has started drilling the potentially high impact SD-1X well at South Disouq concession, in the Nile Delta area of Egypt.

Algeria Discusses Offshore Drilling Partnerships with Majors

• Wednesday, 1st March 2017
• by Editorial Team

Algeria's Sonatrach wants to start its offshore oil drilling and has begun discussions with U.S. operators ExxonMobil Corp and Anadarko, as well as Italy's Eni.

Sirius Petroleum Raised $2m for Drilling in Nigeria

• Thursday, 23rd February 2017
• by Editorial Team

Sirius Petroleum has raised $2m in new capital for equipment mobilization deposits for the upcoming drilling campaign at the Ororo field, offshore Nigeria.

GPC to Produce 6,000b/d of Crude Oil in 2017

• Monday, 13th February 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Egypt Oil and Gas that the company set a new plan to raise its production rate during 2017. GPC is seeking to reach nearly 6k b/d of crude oil.

Bapetco Increased Al Abyad Gas Field Output

• Monday, 13th February 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Egypt's Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco) increased production from Al Abyad natural gas field in the Western Desert to 140,000boe/d.

Total Mulls $2b Investment in Iranian Gas Fields

• Thursday, 9th February 2017
• by Editorial Team

French oil major Total plans to make a final investment decision (FID) on a $2b gas project in Iran by the summer, but the decision hinges on the renewal of US sanctions waivers.

Pura Vida to Drill Offshore Gabon

• Thursday, 19th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Pura Vida Energy has reached a conditional agreement with an offshore drilling contractor which will fund a three-well drilling program in the Nkembe block, offshore Gabon.

Cairn Energy to Drill New Wells Offshore Senegal

• Tuesday, 17th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Cairn Energy is gearing up to start the third phase of its drilling program offshore Senegal in late January, aiming to further evaluate the SNE discovery.