Dana Gas Unveils Major Discovery in Nile Delta

• Thursday, 11th December 2025
• by Doaa Ashraf

Under its $100 million investment plan in Egypt, Dana Gas PJSC made a new gas discovery in the Nile Delta with initial reserves estimated at 15–25 billion cubic feet (bcf). The discovery came as El Wastani Petroleum C...

United Oil & Gas Completes Drilling of ASW-1X Exploration Well

• Wednesday, 4th January 2023
• by Sarah Samir

In a company statement, United Oil & Gas announced the completion of drilling operations at the ASW-1X exploration well. The ASW-1X well is located in the Abu Sennan license, onshore Egypt, where the company holds...

Eni, Tharwa to Start Drilling First Well at Noor Field

• Thursday, 20th September 2018
• by Sarah Samir

Eni and Tharwa Petroleum Company will start drilling the first exploratory well at Noor offshore gas field, North of Sinai province, next week, an official at the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) told Reute...

BORAPETCO Announces New Oil Discovery

• Tuesday, 9th May 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Borg El-Arab Petroleum Company (BORAPETCO)’s Chairman, Ahmed Anwar, stated exclusively to Egypt Oil&Gas that the company is currently drilling a new exploratory well, Al Jahra southeast 2, in ​​its concessio...

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. The well is targeting gas in the upper Abu Madi section, and oil is targeted in the l...

Caspian Sea’s Sardar-e-Jangal Third Well Under Way

• Friday, 30th January 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

North Drilling Co. has spudded a third exploratory well on the Sardar-e-Jangal oil field in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. Managing director Hedayatollah Khademi told news service Shana that drilling of the se...