Shelf Drilling has announced that it has secured a two-year contract extension for the Rig 141 jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current term with Gemsa Petroleum Company for operations in the Gulf of Suez offshore Egypt. The total estimated value for the contract extension is approximately USD 51 million. One year of the […]

TAG Oil has provided the following update on drilling progress of the BED4-T100 (“T100”) horizontal well in the Badr Oil Field (“BED-1”) in the Western Desert of Egypt. Sequel to the Company’s last update on January 3, 2024 Tag-oil-drills-on-bed4-t100-horizontal-well-in-egypt, the Company has since completed re-drilling from the intermediate cased section of the T100 well in […]

ADNOC and bp have agreed to form a new joint venture (JV) in Egypt. The JV (51% bp and 49% ADNOC) will combine the pair’s deep technical capabilities and proven track records as it aims to grow a highly competitive gas portfolio. As part of the agreement, bp will contribute its interests in three development […]

Independent engineering consultancy Longitude Engineering has been awarded a contract to provide detailed design & engineering services for the subsea development of Phase-X at Egypt’s West Delta Deep Marine concession, part of the Burullus Gas Field in the Mediterranean Sea. The West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession is located approximately 90 kilometers offshore Egypt, on the north-western part […]

SDX Energy has confirmed that it has agreed with the buyer the terms of an execution version of the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for its West Gharib assets. The closing of the transaction remains subject to the completion of certain approvals, including Egyptian government approvals, which are not expected to be withheld, with the […]

Sequel previous update as reported in the November 15,TAG Oil has further released a drilling progress of the BED4-T100 horizontal well in the Badr Oil Field (BED-1) in the Western Desert of Egypt. Drilling has continued from the intermediate cased section of the well and reached a measured depth of 3,312 meters in the Abu-Roash […]

United Oil& Gas has declared a progressive and  positive operational drilling activities on the ASD S-1X exploration well on the ASD south prospect in the Abu Sennan licence, onshore Egypt. This is sequel to its previous communication as dated on 18 December 2023, The ASD S-1X exploration well commenced drilling on 11 November and reached […]

Apex International Energy has reported robust update on its operations from the six concessions in the Western Desert oil producing region of Egypt acquired from IEOC Production B.V. (IEOC), a unit of Eni S.p.A., in the first half of 2023. As previously announced, Apex acquired all of IEOC’s interests in the Ras Qattara, West El […]

United Oil & Gas, the full-cycle oil and gas company with a portfolio of production, development, exploration and appraisal assets, issues the following update in relation to their Jamaican and Egyptian assets.   The Group’s working interest production averaged 1024 boepd (946 bopd oil and 78 boepd gas) for the year to 5 November 2023, […]

Egypt’s petroleum ministry launched an international bidding round for exploration in 23 open blocks, with the offer deadline set for Feb. 25. The round includes 10 areas in Egypt’s Western Desert, two in the Eastern Desert, seven in the Gulf of Suez and four in the Red Sea, the ministry said. Egypt, the most populous […]