TGS Announces a Second 3D Multi-Client Seismic Survey in Egypt’s Red Sea
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, today announced a new 3D seismic survey in the Red Sea, Egypt, in partnership with Schlumberger. This survey represents the second phase of new acquisition for the partners in this region and will encompass a minimum of 5,000 square kilometers. Data will be acquired with long […]
TGS, Schlumberger announce new Red Sea 3D seismic survey offshore Egypt
TGS, in partnership with Schlumberger, has disclosed a new 3D seismic survey in the Red Sea, Egypt. The survey, covering approximately 6,800 square kilometres, will be acquired with long offsets and processed using a Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) workflow to enable subsalt imaging ahead of the anticipated license round. According to TGS, the final products […]
Mubadala joining Shell in Egypt’s Red Sea Block 4 exploration
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has signed a concession agreement with Mubadala Petroleum for oil and gas exploration activities in Red Sea block 4. The 3,084-sq km (1,191-sq mi) concession, owned by the South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope), was awarded under Egypt’s 2019 Red Sea Licensing Round. Block 4 is in […]
Shell Egypt signs exploration agreement for offshore Red Sea Block 4
Engineer Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, signed a new agreement with Shell Egypt to exploration for oil and gas in concession area (4), in the deep waters of the Red Sea, affiliated to Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope) with an estimated area of 3084 square kilometers. The share of […]
Egypt’s Cabinet approves three E&P Agreements with Eni, BP, Enpedco
Three bills that authorize the Oil Ministry to sign oil exploration contracts earned cabinet signoff. IEOC, Eni’s joint venture with the EGPC, and Russian firm Lukoil will explore and develop the Meleiha concession in the Western Desert, while a second contract between the EGPC and BP for the South Ghareb Offshore concession in the Gulf […]
AustinBridgeporth: Egypt’s Buried Secrets – The Horus-1 eFTG Survey
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 […]
TGS starts its first ever airborne eFTG Multi-Client Survey in Egypt
TGS Commences Egyptian Multi-Year Geophysical Survey TGS, a leading provider of multi-client geoscience data for exploration and production companies, today announced that it has commenced its first-ever regional airborne Enhanced Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (eFTG) multi-client survey – together with magnetic and Lidar data – over the Upper Egypt region of the country. This survey […]
Egypt’s House of Representatives approves 12 Oil & Gas E&P Agreements
The Egyptian oil minister, Tarek el Molla, has announced the signing of 12 agreements with international companies for the search for oil and gas in the Red Sea, in the Western Desert and in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the eastern and western Mediterranean with investments up to to a billion dollars and signing […]
Egypt’s Cabinet ratifies 12 oil & gas agreements worth over $1 billion
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 […]
Ganope to start natural gas exploration plan in Upper Egypt next month
Ganope to kick off plan to explore for natgas in Upper Egypt next month: State-owned South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope) will begin next month conducting seismic scans in Upper Egypt, where it plans to explore for natural gas, according to an Oil Ministry statement. Ganope will also soon begin the second round of […]
