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Drilling activities at Zohr field to re-start in January

Posted: November 30, 2015 at 3:31 pm   /   Oil & Gas

President el-Sisi met in Cairo Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi. Mr. Descalzi made an assessment on the work in-progress of the plan for the development of the Zohr field, where drilling activities will restart in January 2016. The President of the Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, met in Cairo Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi. […]

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Q&A With Maurizio Coratella, VP Operations, Egypt & Middle East, Edison International

Posted: November 12, 2015 at 12:53 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Ahead of Intergas VII – we spoke to Maurizio Coratella on Edison’s activities in Egypt and the new potential in the market. Maurizio will be joining Session 5: New Horizons for Egypt’s Gas Sector: Optimising Resource Potential on day 2. See Programme here. ‘The recent discovery of Eni (Zohr) in the deep Mediterranean offshore has […]

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“Nessun Dorma”  By Marco Alfieri (from Eniday.com)

Posted: November 7, 2015 at 8:22 pm   /   Oil & Gas

“Nessun Dorma” By Marco Alfieri on October 5, 2015 Republished from Eniday.com (an Eni.com project) under Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IT) Like all great exploration discoveries also the Zohr discovery is full of surprises, the unexpected, intuitions, mistakes, skill, enthusiasm, and ups and downs in which the human element is as crucial as […]

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El Molla: Egypt's giant Zohr gas field aims to start output in 2017

Posted: November 6, 2015 at 3:09 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Egypt aims to start natural gas production from its massive offshore Zohr field in 2017, a year ahead of schedule, oil minister Tarek El Molla said. The Zohr gas field, discovered by Italy’s Eni, is the biggest in the Mediterranean, and with an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of gas it is expected to plug […]

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Zohr Discovery in Egypt Offers New Hydrocarbon Potential for Eastern Mediterranean, IHS says

Posted: October 29, 2015 at 7:49 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Zohr development could lead to the end of Egyptian LNG imports The deepwater Zohr gas discovery in Egypt is of major significance to the Eastern Mediterranean region. As the largest gas find in the Mediterranean Sea, Zohr has the potential to supply much of Egypt’s increasing domestic gas demand and will likely have an impact […]

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Intergas VII: Key players of Egypt’s energy market will gather next month in Cairo

Posted: October 23, 2015 at 6:29 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Intergas VII – Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Conference & Exhibition 24 – 26 November 2015, Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski, Cairo, Egypt http://www.intergas-egypt.com/ Key Players of Egypt’s Energy Market Including the Ministry of Petroleum, Shell Egypt, TAQA ARABIA, DANA GAS, DEA, Eni, Halliburton, EGAS, EGPC & GANOPE Will Gather Next Month in Cairo. Intergas VII – Oil, Gas […]

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President Sisi meets Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi

Posted: October 20, 2015 at 8:04 pm   /   Oil & Gas

The President of the Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, and Eni’s  Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, met in Cairo to discuss Eni’s activities in the country. During the meeting, Eni’s CEO presented to President Al-Sisi the development plan for the Zohr field. The parties confirmed the joint commitment to accelerate the production start-up of […]

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Eni announces details of North El Hammad and North Ras El Esh exploration license awards

Posted: October 12, 2015 at 3:21 pm   /   Oil & Gas

These two new concession agreements follow the recent award of the deep water Karawan and North Leil blocks, strengthening Eni’s presence in Egypt, a country of historic and strategic importance for the Company, and further relaunching its exploration activities after the recent and important successes of Nidoco NW and Zohr. Eni has been awarded with […]

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Results of EGAS Mediterranean Bid Round announced, awards four offshore exploration licenses

Posted: October 6, 2015 at 9:06 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Egypt has awarded four new licences to explore for oil and gas off its Mediterranean coast, weeks after Eni’s giant Zohr gas find piqued fresh international interest in the area. Egypt’s state gas company EGAS said in a statement it had awarded one licence to Britain’s BP and one to Italy’s Edison. A consortium involving […]

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Egypt and Cyprus are committed to maintaining energy ties

Posted: October 1, 2015 at 6:50 pm   /   Oil & Gas

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in New York on Monday. The two leaders discussed regional cooperation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Energy was an important item on the agenda following ENI’s huge discovery in Egypt’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Earlier this month, the Italian company announced it had […]

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