ENOC’s Dragon Oil to acquire BP’s mature assets in Egypt?
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) subsidiary Dragon Oil is set to acquire unspecified assets in Egypt within the next three to four months, Dragon Oil CEO Ali Al Jarwan told Oil & Gas Middle East. According to Al Jarwan, the asset should add 70k bpd to the company’s production. While Al Jarawan did not disclose […]
Dragon Oil to finalise acquisition in Egypt in next 3 to 4 months
In an exclusive interview with Oil & Gas Middle East, Dragon Oil CEO Ali Al Jarwan revealed the company’s progress on its $13bn expansion plans. Dragon Oil, the exploration and production arm of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), will finalise an acquisition in Egypt in the next three to four months, CEO Ali Al Jarwan […]
Scatec Solar connects first part of 400 MW solar plant in Egypt to grid
First part of Scatec Solar’s 400 MW solar power plant in Egypt in commercial operation. Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected and reached commercial operation for 65 MW of their 400 MW Benban project in Egypt. The Benban solar power plant is Scatec Solar’s largest project under construction, and the Company is the largest […]
Interview with Karim Hefzy, Carbon Holdings’ MD of Project Development
How is the Tahrir Petrochemical Complex (TPC) project progressing? When is it expected to come into operation and what will its production capacities be? As we announced in June last year, Tahrir Petrochemical Complex is a circa US$11bn project that will be financed by debt and equity from investors around the world. Since this announcement, […]
United Energy Group completes acquisition of Kuwait Energy
Shalakany assists United Energy Group on their successful acquisition of Kuwait Energy PLC. Shalakany are pleased to announce that they acted for Hong Kong listed energy corporation United Energy Group Limited (“UEG”) as Egyptian legal counsel in their acquisition of the entire share capital of Kuwait Energy PLC (“KE”) for over USD 650 million, which […]
Egypt tenders four LNG cargoes for May loading – sources
The cargoes are offered in two separate tenders, both of which close on April 9. Egypt’s natural gas company EGAS has offered four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for loading from the Idku plant between May 6 and June 1, two industry sources said on Monday. The cargo loading dates are May 6-8, May 18-20, […]
Shell appoints Khaled Kassem as Egypt Chairman, Managing Director
Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Khaled Kassem to head its Egypt business, the company said on Sunday. Tunisian Kassem was named as chairman and managing director in Egypt, starting in May. He replaces Gasser Hanter. Kassem was previously head of Shell’s Tunisia business. (Source: Reuters)
SDX Energy announces potential delay for South Disouq first gas
SDX Energy reports that the current targeted start-up date for gas production at South Disouq of mid-year 2019 is based on an overall development concept, whereby an Early Production Facility (‘EPF’) will be leased to process the produced gas, prior to completion of the main Central Gas Processing Facility. At present, the final commercial terms […]
SOCO International completes acquisition of Merlon El Fayum Petroleum Company
Further to the Company’s announcement on 29 March 2019, SOCO has announced the completion of the acquisition of Merlon Petroleum El Fayum Company from Merlon International. As previously announced, SOCO agreed to acquire Merlon in consideration for approx. US$136 million in cash and the issue of 65,561,041 new SOCO ordinary shares to the Seller. Prior […]
LNG exports finally taking off in Egypt – Oilprice
What a difference just a few years can make. After more than a decade of uncertainty for Egypt’s natural gas sector, leading even to importing LNG for years, Cairo is heading to a much brighter gas future. Two weeks ago, Egypt re-joined the ranks of global LNG exporters when its state gas company EGAS tendered […]
