
Egypt announces Results of 2021 International Digital O&G Bid Round: Seven companies awarded eight concessions
Seven international companies were awarded exploration and production licenses for eight oil and gas concessions in the Mediterranean, the Western desert, and the Gulf of Suez, with a minimum investment value of c.USD 250 mn, the Oil Ministry said today. The licenses were awarded to Eni, BP, Apex International, Energean, United Energy, INA Naftaplin, and […]

Energean to increase natgas production through new Mediterranean wells
Energean expects to increase natgas production through new Mediterranean wells: The Greek energy firm sees new discoveries in its North Idku and North Amriya concessions adding 150 mn cubic feet of gas per day, according to a cabinet statement. The news came as Energean CEO Mathios Rigas discussed the company’s recent exploration activities in Egypt with Oil Minister Tarek El […]

Interview with Christian Previati, Key Energy Exhibition Manager – IEG
Christian Previati, you’re the Exhibition Manager of Key Energy, the leading expo for renewable energies in the Euro-Mediterranean basin organized by Italian Exhibition Group. What are the strong points and contents of this year’s edition?“Key Energy will be held in Rimini from 26th to 29th October with important new features compared to the previous editions. […]

Egypt, Greece discuss EuroAfrica electricity grids interconnector
Greece and Egypt to connect electricity grids: The plans for a Greek-Egyptian electricity interconnection were discussed during meetings held by Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas in Cairo with his Egyptian counterparts. Specifically, Skrekas met with Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, the Minister of Electricity and RES, Mohamed Shaker, and the Minister of Petroleum […]

PGS, ION complete 3D survey for Shell in Egypt’s Mediterranean
PGS and ION successfully complete Shell Egypt survey with ELO survey design and Gemini source technology PGS and ION Geophysical have announced the successful completion of a survey offshore Egypt acquired on behalf of Shell with an innovative Extended Long Offset (ELO) design in combination with ION’s Gemini™ source technology. This is the last in […]

Energean, EGPC JV partners award NEA/NI iEPCI contract to TechnipFMC
Energean plc, the gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, announced that AbuQir Petroleum, a Joint Venture between Energean and EGPC, has signed an integrated EPCI iEPCI contract to global offshore services provider TechnipFMC for a subsea tie-back located offshore Egypt. The contract covers the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation of four subsea wells as well […]

MEES: ExxonMobil eyes partnerships in Egypt’s offshore Mediterranean
ExxonMobil is looking for partners to help move forward its East Mediterranean expansion after snagging large blocks off Egypt over the last two years. Farm down talks have focused on Shell, Equinor and, most intriguingly, Qatar Petroleum. US major ExxonMobil is looking for partners at its three recently-acquired exploration blocks in Egypt’s Mediterranean offshore. Fellow […]

Chevron invests $235 million in Leviathan/Tamar to Egypt gas pipeline
Chevron Corp. and other companies helping to develop Israel’s natural gas fields will invest around $235 million in pipelines to export the fuel to Egypt. The partners in the Leviathan and Tamar fields, which sit off Israel’s Mediterranean coast, signed an agreement under which Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd. will lay a new subsea pipeline […]

TechnipFMC awarded Egypt Subsea Tieback Contract by Energean
Having taken the final investment decision on the North El Amirya and North Idku (NEA/NI) concession tieback project offshore Egypt, Energean plc reported Thursday that it has awarded the project’s engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract to TechnipFMC. Two discovered and appraised gas fields – Yazzi and Python – are located in the NEA […]

Energean announces North El Amriya, North Idku Final Investment Decision
Energean plc announce that Final Investment Decision has been taken on the North El Amriya and North Idkunea (“NEA/NI”) concession subsea tieback project in offshore Egypt. The NEA concession contains two discovered and appraised gas fields (Yazzi and Python) while the NI concession contains four discovered gas fields, one of which is readied for development. […]