Badawi Inspects Shell’s Velox‑1X Well, Deepest in Mediterranean

• Saturday, 11th July 2026
• by Tarek Abdallah

Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMR), inspected Shell Global’s drilling operations at the “Velox-1X” exploratory well aboard the drilling vessel Stena IceMax in the North...

TotalEnergies Eyes Western Mediterranean Gas Potential

• Wednesday, 15th April 2026
• by Doaa Ashraf

Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, met with a delegation from France’s TotalEnergies to discuss investment opportunities in the deep waters of the Western Mediterranean, specifically within the...

MoP, Shell Egypt Sign Two Agreements for Western Mediterranean Exploration

• Monday, 22nd March 2021
• by Editorial Team

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla signed two new agreements with Shell Egypt for the Herodotus Basin in offshore deep-water concession area, in the Western Mediterranean, a press release repo...