
Shell Egypt completes sale of Western Desert assets to Cheiron Petroleum, Cairn Energy
Shell Egypt and Shell Austria, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell, have completed the sale of their upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert to a consortium made up of subsidiaries of Cheiron Petroleum Corp and Cairn Energy for a base consideration of US$ 646 million and additional payments of up to US$ 280 million between 2021 and 2024, contingent on the oil price and the […]

Cairn expects to finalize Shell Egypt onshore assets acquisition by end of month
Cairn, Cheiron could replace Shell in the Western Desert before the month is out: Cairn Energy and partner Cheiron expect to finalize its takeover of Shell Egypt’s onshore oil and gas assets by the end of September, Cairn said yesterday. The joint acquisition, which will see the assets split 50-50 between the UK-listed company and leading Egyptian […]

Wintershall Dea signs joint exploration agreement with Cheiron, INA for East Damanhour, Egypt
Wintershall Dea signs agreement with Cheiron and INA for joint exploration rights at East Damanhour, Egypt The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, H.E. Eng. Tarek El Molla, has approved a deed of assignment agreement signed between Wintershall Dea, Cheiron and INA to jointly explore the East Damanhour onshore Exploration block in Egypt. The […]

Shell agrees to sell Egypt onshore assets to Cheiron, Cairn for $926m
Shell Egypt RDSa.L has entered into an agreement to sell upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert to Cheiron Petroleum Corporation and Cairn Energy Plc for up to $926 million, the company said on Tuesday. The deal includes Shell Egypt’s stake in 13 onshore concessions and its share in the Badr El-Din Petroleum Company (BAPETCO). It […]

Cheiron sees first oil from Geisum appraisal well in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez
PICO GoS Limited, a Cheiron Group company, has achieved the first oil production from its appraisal well GNN-4 in the Geisum Concession in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez. The Geisum Concession is located offshore Egypt in the Southern Gulf of Suez in shallow waters with a depth ranging from 30 to 200 feet, covering an area […]

Cheiron, Cairn, Pharos advance in deal for Shell Egypt onshore assets
Egypt’s East Gas also among companies in second round of bids. Planned sale is progressing despite the coronavirus pandemic . Cheiron consortium moves to second round of bidding for Shell Egypt onshore assets: A consortium of Cheiron, Pharos Energy and Cairn Energy has moved to a second round of bidding to acquire Shell’s onshore assets in […]

Apache, Cheiron, Pharos are bidding for Shell’s Egypt onshore assets – Reuters
Apache Corp, Pharos Energy among bidders for Shell’s Egypt onshore assets: sources. Royal Dutch Shell’s onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American, Egyptian, Asian and Middle East bidders, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Shell launched a process at the end of November to sell its onshore upstream assets […]

MEES: Egypt’s independent Cheiron is frontrunner for Dana Gas’ assets
Egypt’s Cheiron Tipped For Dana Assets: MEES learns that Egyptian independent Cheiron is the frontrunner for UAE-based Dana Gas’ Egypt acreage, which was officially put on sale for $500 million in July last year. Dana’s decision to sell-up was precipitated following the flop of its Merak prospect, located in the country’s Mediterranean offshore, north of […]
German DEA, Egyptian Cheiron to partner with Pemex, become operators in Mexico
Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) of Germany has acquired a 50% license share and operatorship of onshore Ogarrio oil field in southern Mexico’s Tabasco state 197 km west of Villahermosa. The share was offered in the latest farmout auction of the National Hydrocarbons Commission. Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will be the partner, holding the other 50%. Separately, […]
Egypt's Cheiron wins bid for development of Cárdenas-Mora oil field in Mexico
The Egyptian company Cheiron Holdings Limited was awarded the winning bid during the process of the Cárdenas-Mora onshore block, by making an offer consisting of an initial payment of 125 million dollars, which acknowledges previous investments made by Pemex, as well as additional royalties of 13% and a cash payment of 41.5 million dollars (md), […]