Egypt

INTERCONNECTION STUDY UNDERWAY

Electricité de France and the German firm Lahmeyer have begun the pre-feasibility phase on a study they were awarded a [...]

The jack-up Compact Driller is presently drilling the Hout-1 exploration [...]

SEISMIC CAMPAIGN OFF DELTA

In February Geco-Prakla undertook a seismic campaign involving 3.500 sq.km. [...]

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GAS: THE AWAKENING

Forecasts of a sharp rise in European demand for gas have spurred a revival in African LNG projects at a time when Nigeria's plans seem likely to be put on ice, perhaps for several years.

LOCAL EXPLORERS

The Egyptian company Abul Foutoh has obtained a 2,000 sq.km. permit in the West Delta zone (Nile delta) west of [...]

PROMISING DISCOVERY FOR IPC

Oil and resources minister Hamdi al Banbi recently announced that [...]

MARKET PRESSURE ON REFINING

The completion of work on two new distillation units (2.5 [...]

AMR MOUSSA

The Egyptian minister for Foreign Affairs spent two days in [...]

GREEN AND RED LIGHTS FOR IPC

International Petroleum Corp. (IPC) is preparing to drill the first of its contractual wells in the Delta Tokar block in [...]

ADB, FINIMA FOR PILOT PROJECTS

The African Development Bank (ADB) is to examine and probably adopt by the end of 1993 an application from Egypt [...]

CALL TO TENDER FOR MAGHAGHA SUB-STATION

The tender covers two packages. Technical bids must be submitted [...]

British Gas has obtained the North Sinai permit for an [...]

SPRINGBOARD FOR SAUDI LUBES IN AFRICA

Ahmad Al Kheriji, president of Saudi Arabia's Petromin Lubricating Oil [...]

7% NUCLEAR IN YEAR 2005

The Egyptian electricity and energy ministry sees nuclear energy as providing 7% of Egypt's electricity by the year 2005 and [...]

GAS DISCOVERY BY SHELL

The chairman of the Egyptian subsidiary of Shell, Tarek Heggi, [...]

The Achrafi field in the Gulf of Suez has been [...]

NEW PERMITS

Egypt has awarded a series of exploration permits to groups consisting of seven companies, most of which are making their [...]

ARGENTINA TO BUILD REACTOR

The Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority has awarded the contract for the construction of its second nuclear research reactor to Investigaciones [...]

GAS DISCOVERY BY AGIP

IEOC, the local subsidiary of Agip, has made a gas discovery on its North Port Fuad permit in the Mediterranean [...]