Shell, EGAS, Petronas award Idku Energy Hub project FEED to Bechtel-led coalition
Decarbonizing Egypt’s facilities for a net-zero future Shell Egypt, EGAS and Petronas have awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to a Bechtel-led coalition that includes Enppi and Petrojet to study a proposed unified power system between the onshore gas processing plant of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) gas fields in the Mediterranean […]
Eni looks to establish 10 GW of solar & wind projects in Egypt, boost gas exports to Europe
Eni to go big on Egypt’s renewable energy sector? Eni could establish 10 GW of renewable energy projects in Egypt “in the forthcoming years,” the Italian energy giant said in a statement. The company’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, “agreed on the opportunity to implement” the solar and wind projects during a meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi […]
Lafarge Egypt works with Ostool to convert its fleet trucks to operate on natural gas
Lafarge Egypt, a member of Holcim Group works with its esteemed partner Ostool for Land Transportation, a subsidiary of Raya Holding for Financial Investments (RAYA) to convert all fleet trucks serving Lafarge to operate on natural gas, reducing carbon footprint and promoting sustainable development. Jimmy Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge Egypt, “We are part of […]
EGAS, KANFER Shipping & LETH facilitating LNG bunkering in Suez Canal, Egypt
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Kanfer Shipping (KANFER) and Leth Suez Transit (LETH) are facilitating for a strategic and competitive LNG bunkering hub in the Suez Canal. EGAS, KANFER and LETH signed an MoU on the 3rd of February 2022 with the purpose of establishing LNG bunkering services in Egypt Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and […]
Wintershall Dea and EGAS sign MoU for Carbon Management and Hydrogen Solution
Wintershall Dea reinforces its ambition to grow globally in low-carbon energy solutions. In light of this, the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Egyptian partner, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), to explore opportunities in the areas of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen. Chief Operating Officer Dawn Summers, […]
bp awarded King Mariout Offshore exploration block in Egypt’s West Mediterranean
bp has been awarded an exploration block offshore Egypt following its successful participation in the limited bid round organised by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company in 2021. The King Mariout Offshore area, with 100% bp working interest, is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Raven field in the Mediterranean Sea. The block covers […]
Eni partners QatarEnergy in the world’s largest LNG project
Eni enters the world’s largest LNG project in Qatar: Eni has been selected by QatarEnergy as a new international partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project. The Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, signed the partnership agreement for the creation […]
Energean FPSO crossing marks ‘first-of-its-kind’ in Suez Canal history
Crossing of Energean Power FPSO marks ‘first-of-its-kind in history of Suez Canal’ Offshore Energy reported in early May that the Energean Power FPSO had left Sembcorp Marine’s Admiralty Yard in Singapore, heading to Israel. With this milestone achieved, Energean remained on track to deliver the first gas from the Karish project in 3Q 2022. In a social media update on […]
Egypt’s natural gas, LNG export revenues double in first four months of 2022
Egypt’s natural gas and LNG export revenues grew 98% y-o-y in 4M2022 to record USD 3.89 bn, Reuters reports, citing Oil Ministry data it has seen. Meanwhile, our 2021 revenues from natural gas exports jumped 768% y-o-y to USD 3.96 bn, according to the data. The rise comes as the government is pushing to ramp up its exports […]
TAQA Arabia Converts the first CNG cars in Equatorial Guinea
Within the framework of collaboration between the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons in Equatorial Guinea and TAQA Arabia, the full-service energy and utility distribution market leader in Egypt, TAQA has successfully transferred its knowledge and know-how to introduce the CNG/GNV technology enabling cars to run with natural gas for the first time in Equatorial Guinea. The […]
