Italian Referendum Fails to Restrict Offshore Drilling

• Sunday, 17th April 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Oil and gas producers in 26 areas offshore Italy will be able to drill until their fields run dry, after a referendum failed to draw enough voters to re-instate a deadline on the concessions, Politico EU reported. The...

Italy to Hold Referendum on Offshore Drilling

• Tuesday, 23rd February 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Italy’s Constitutional Court gave the green light to a national referendum on the duration of oil and gas drilling concessions in the country, which is to be held on 17th April, muddying the waters for companies...

Ghana’s Opposition Calls for Review of ENI Oil&Gas Deal

• Wednesday, 3rd February 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Ghana’s leading opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), asked the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, –during his two-day visit to the country– to review the terms of a deal between the Italian oil company, ENI a...