Siemens to strengthen Egypt’s national grid with two new substations in the Delta region
In a new move aimed at improving the resilience of Egypt’s power grid, the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has awarded Siemens a contract for the construction of two substations. These will be used to transmit electricity from the Burullus power plant, set to become the world’s largest combined cycle station, to the population. When […]
South Disouq Potential on the Rise
SDX Energy has identified potential for both oil and gas on its South Disouq concession in Egypt through an initial assessment of 3D seismic acquired, as previously reported. Further interpretation of the data has now indicated several Abu Madi and Kafr El Sheikh prospects displaying strong Class III amplitude versus offset (AVO) responses. Testing of […]
SDX Energy interpret 3D seismic at South Disouq in Egypt
Both gas and oil bearing prospects identified ahead of fully carried exploration well. SDX Energy, the Egypt focused oil and gas company, has provided an update on the initial findings from interpretation of the 300 km2 of 3D seismic data acquired over its South Disouq concession in H1 2016. Data processing commenced in June and […]
Egyptian Company for Black Sands to launch tender in 2 months
The Egyptian Company for Black Sands was recently launched with a capital of EGP 1bn. Armed forces own 61% of shares, while NMA, NIB, Kafr El-Sheikh, EMRA collectively own 39%. Ashraf Soltan, chairperson and managing director of the company, told Daily News Egypt that the company is going to put up a tender to buy […]
