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shearwater

Shearwater GeoServices awarded new 3D seismic survey in EAME region

Posted: October 24, 2020 at 1:04 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has landed a deal for large 3D seismic acquisition and depth processing. According to the company, the work scope is in the Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) region. The survey, for an undisclosed national oil company, should take six months to complete. Financial details surrounding the deal have also […]

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Horus eFTG

AustinBridgeporth: Egypt’s Buried Secrets – The Horus-1 eFTG Survey

Posted: October 17, 2020 at 7:39 pm   /   Oil & Gas

By Mark Davies, and Gary Barnes, AustinBridgeporth (GEO ExPro October 2020 Issue) The first outing of the world’s most sophisticated airborne gravity gradiometer has already yielded fascinating insights into the unexplored Egyptian subsurface. In today’s rich smörgåsbord of exploration technology, we rarely get to witness a significant leap forward in instrumentation advancement. Nonetheless, this is […]

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IOCs to begin conducting West Mediterranean seismic surveys in Q4 2020

Posted: August 18, 2020 at 12:51 pm   /   Oil & Gas

International oil and gas players will begin conducting seismic surveys in Egypt’s Western Mediterranean in 4Q2020, Al Shorouk and Masrawy reported yesterday, each citing a source from the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS). An unspecified number of companies will kick off the surveys as soon as the House of Representatives ratifies their exploration agreements, […]

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Eni Bashrush

Eni makes new gas discovery in Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt

Posted: July 1, 2020 at 2:54 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Eni have successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta, on the prospect called Bashrush. The discovery further extends to the west the gas potential of the Abu Madi formation reservoirs discovered and produced from the so-called “Great Nooros Area”. Eni (as […]

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Cabinet

Egypt’s Cabinet ratifies 12 oil & gas agreements worth over $1 billion

Posted: June 22, 2020 at 1:03 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Cabinet has ratified twelve oil and gas agreements the Oil Ministry signed with international companies in February, the ministry said in a statement. Companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP, Total, Noble Energy will invest upwards of USD 1 bn in concession areas in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Western Desert. The House […]

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North Thekah

Edison successfully completes Ameeq 1-X exploration well offshore Egypt

Posted: June 2, 2020 at 8:51 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Edison Exploration & Production announces successful completion of Ameeq 1-x exploration well in the Eastern Mediterranean waters of Egypt. The well, located in the North Thekka Concession in which Edison Exploration & Production holds 100% operators rights, was drilled by Maersk Discoverer semi-sub in water depth of 985 meters, reaching the final TD of 5670.5m […]

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Neptune

Neptune Energy completes OBN seismic survey offshore Egypt

Posted: May 9, 2020 at 3:10 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Neptune Energy announced the successful completion of an ocean bottom nodes (OBN) multiclient survey in the North West El Amal block, offshore Egypt, delivering promising results for further analysis. The project, prefunded by Neptune, was carried out by WesternGeco, the seismic and geophysical data solutions division of Schlumberger, under a contract with the Egyptian General […]

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Wintershall Dea Licences Mexico_Block 29

Wintershall Dea makes two significant oil discoveries offshore Mexico

Posted: May 9, 2020 at 3:04 pm   /   Oil & Gas

License partnership of Block 29 makes two significant oil discoveries in the Polok and Chinwol prospects Polok discovery opens a new play within Mexico’s Salina Basin Wintershall Dea and its license partners have made significant oil discoveries on the Polok and the Chinwol prospects in Block 29 offshore Mexico. Polok is a play opening discovery […]

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Egypt-South-Disouq SDX

SDX announces commercial discovery at Sobhi well, expects tie back in 2021

Posted: April 10, 2020 at 8:57 pm   /   Oil & Gas

AIM-listed SDX Energy, the MENA-focused oil and gas company, is pleased to provide an update on drilling operations at the SD-12X (‘Sobhi’; SDX 100% working interest) well in the South Disouq Exploration Permit onshore Nile Delta, Egypt (SDX 55% working interest). The well has been drilled to a measured depth of 7,245 feet, encountering 108 […]

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BP

BP starts drilling gas exploration well in North El Tabia offshore block

Posted: March 10, 2020 at 9:45 pm   /   Oil & Gas

BP begins drilling exploratory gas well in North El Tabia: BP began drilling yesterday its Atoll Nooros exploratory gas well in its North El Tabia block in the Mediterranean, Al Shorouk reported, citing an EGAS source. The company will complete drilling in four months and reveal results in 2H2020. BP had signed an agreement with […]

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