Egypt

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February 2019
Rising oil supplies and falling prices in second-half 2018 constrained global drilling, but activity should post a measured gain in 2019. Virtually all the global oil production increase is due to U.S. shale activity.
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February 2019
The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC) is gearing up for another must-attend event in Cyprus.
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October 2018
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain the quintessential oil exporting region, replete with considerable assets and tensions.
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July 2018
Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services, using its 156-m vessel, Akofs Seafarer, for all Equinor-operated licenses, in the period 2020 to 2025.
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March 2018
Operators accept risks of Mediterranean gas development
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March 2018
TAG Oil Ltd. (70%), operator of the Puka permit (PEP 51135) in New Zealand’s Taranaki basin, said the Pukatea-1 exploration well was drilled to 10,170 ft, MD, encountering variable hydrocarbon shows.
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February 2018
The changing energy landscape of the Middle East
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February 2018
Kreuz Subsea has secured a contract supporting Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) in India.
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January 2018
TAM International has opened a new manufacturing facility in Obninsk, Russia—approximately 70 mi southwest of Moscow.
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December 2017
Two unique strategies for offshore development
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October 2017
Middle East/North Africa grapples with production cut commitment, despite urge to boost output
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May 10, 2017
BP today announced that it has started gas production from the first two fields, Taurus and Libra, of the West Nile Delta development in Egypt.
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April 26, 2017
Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, has announced the commencement of the 2017 drilling campaign on the Abu Sennan Concession in Egypt, in which the Company has a 22% working interest.
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April 17, 2017
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, announced that drilling on the carried SD-1X well at its South Disouq concession, where it hold s a 55% equity interest and is operator in the Nile Delta area of Egypt has reached its first target depth.
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March 27, 2017
BP announced another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt.
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March 20, 2017
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced the commencement of drilling operations on the SD-1X well at its South Disouq concession in the Nile Delta area of Egypt.
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February 15, 2017
Eni SpA will start producing from the giant Zohr natural gas field off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast by the end of 2017 and plans to invest $10 billion in the North African country over the next five years, CEO Claudio Descalzi said.
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February 13, 2017
Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, Bob Dudley, CEO of BP, and the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla signed a deed completing the sale to BP of a 10% stake in the Shorouk concession, offshore Egypt.
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February 06, 2017
Egypt plans to import as many as 108 cargoes of liquefied natural gas this year as the country prepares to start producing at two gas fields and move closer to its goal of self-sufficiency and even exports by 2019.
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February 02, 2017
Egypt may announce new discoveries of natural gas by the second half of this year, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said, bringing it closer to its goal of self-sufficiency by 2019.
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January 16, 2017
Egypt's gas market is poised to undergo profound changes in the next five years, and these could have an impact on the global LNG market, seeing Egypt position itself as a prominent seasonal player, research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie shows.
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