Shell sells minority stake in offshore Mediterranean block to Kuwait’s Kufpec
Kufpec gets a slice of Shell’s Mediterranean block: Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) will acquire a 40% stake in Shell’s North East El Amriya concession area — also known as Block 3 – in the Mediterranean Sea, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The farm out agreement is pending approval from the government and regulators, […]
Shell subsidiary BG Egypt acquires 100% stake in ExxonMobil’s North East El Amriya offshore block
SHELL STRENGTHENS ITS OFFSHORE POSITION IN EGYPT’S NILE DELTA – ACQUIRES OFFSHORE BLOCK 3 BG International Limited., a subsidiary of Shell plc., signed a Farm Out Agreement (FOA) with ExxonMobil Egypt (Upstream) Limited to acquire a 100% stake in the ExxonMobil-operated North East El-Amriya Offshore Area, Mediterranean Sea – also known as Block 3. On […]
MEES: Stars align as ExxonMobil hikes up its commitment in Egypt
Twelve months on from taking its first acreage in Egypt, US major ExxonMobil has now snapped up two more blocks in the country’s offshore Mediterranean. A year ago at the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) in Cairo oil minister Tarek El Molla proudly announced that US major ExxonMobil was finally entering Egypt. Since then, the firm […]
Egypt, ExxonMobil sign two offshore Mediterranean exploration agreements
Egypt has signed two deals with Exxon Mobil Corp for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, the petroleum ministry said on Tuesday. The deals involve a minimum investment of $332 million, the ministry said in a statement. Exxon Mobil announced the acquisition of more than 1.7 million acres last month. The first agreement is […]
ExxonMobil secures over 1.7 mn acres for exploration offshore Egypt
ExxonMobil secures exploration acreage offshore Egypt Acquires more than 1.7 million acres offshore Egypt Adds upstream interests to longstanding downstream business in Egypt Exploration operations scheduled to begin in 2020 “These awards strengthen our exploration portfolio in the Eastern Mediterranean,” said Mike Cousins, senior vice president of exploration and new ventures at ExxonMobil. “We look […]
