exploration | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 18
El Molla Signs Two New Exploration Agreements
Tarek El-Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, signed two new agreements for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Suez and Western Desert. The first agreement is for the Haliph area in the Western Dese...
Angola, Congo Brazzaville’s Oil Production Outline Met
The Angola’s Oil Ministry has announced that the oil production at the outlined level of 40,000bpd, according to the 2012 joint oil exploration agreement between Angola and Congo Brazzaville, has been met, Macau...
India to Deregulate Locally Produced Gas Prices
India will deregulate gas prices for locally extracted natural gas and allow producers marketing autonomy during auctions for new exploration blocks, Bloomberg reports. A notice on the Indian Oil Ministry’s website de...
Mozambique to Launch Tender for Research and Exploration
Mozambique will launch a new tender in 2017 for the research and exploration of oil and gas. José Branquinhoin from the National Institute of Petroleum Resources (INP) said the institute’s strategy was to launch inte...
President Sisi Ratifies $2.2b Oil, Gas Exploration Contracts
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified six oil and gas exploration contracts worth a combined $2.2b on Tuesday, the Ministry of Petroleum said in a statement according to Ahram Online. The first four agreemen...
Eni to Produce 70,000 Boepd from Nile Delta
Eni has announced in a press release the success of the appraisal well “Nidoco North West 3,” in the Nooros exploration prospect, located in the Abu Madi West license in the Nile Delta. The field, which is...
Zohr Improves Egypt’s Worldwide Ranking
A source at the Petroleum Ministry told Egypt Oil & Gas that Eni’s recent giant gas discovery “Zohr”, with 30 tcf of gas reserves, will raise Egypt’s worldwide petroleum ranking to 12 inste... Senegal Consortium Expanding Drilling Prospects for SNE Block
FAR and its Senegal joint-venture partners Cairn Energy, ConocoPhillips and Petrosen are planning to transform the SNE (SEN, 32/11) Field off Senegal into a development hub, reported E&P magazine. The consortium’s...
