US' Noble to adjust work schedule at Cyprus's Aphrodite gas project - PLATTS

29 Jun 2020 | 14:26 UTC London
Stuart Elliott, Editor: Alisdair Bowles

• Progress depends on gas demand, market conditions
• Analysts see more delays to Aphrodite development
• First gas, for supply to Egypt, was set for 2025

London — The development of Cyprus' maiden gas discovery Aphrodite is facing an uncertain future as operator Noble Energy looks to revise the timeline for work at the project.

Discovered in 2011, the development of the 4.1 Tcf field seemed to have finally picked up speed in November last year with the signing of a new gas exploitation agreement between the field partners and the Cypriot government.

A final investment decision by Noble and its partners Shell and Israel's Delek was expected to be taken in 2022, with first gas set to flow in 2025.

Dispute with Israel will not affect development of Aphrodite, minister says - CYPRUS MAIL

December 9, 2019

Evie Andreou

The outcome of talks between Cyprus and Israel over a dispute regarding the offshore border with Israel’s Yishai gas field will not affect development of the island’s Aphrodite gas field, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Monday.

“First, development of the Aphrodite reserve is going on as planned, and second, as regards the special agreement with Israel, there is a set procedure that is being followed for some time and will continue to be followed,” the minister said.

“But the most important thing I want to stress is that these two things, that is, the development of Aphrodite and the procedure for a special agreement, are not linked as far as the Cypriot side is concerned.”

Eni: Zohr gas production reaches 2.7 bcfd - ENI

21/08/2019 15:15

San Donato Milanese (Milan), 21 August 2019 - Eni announces that the production from Zohr field has now reached more than 2.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), about 5 months ahead of the Plan of Development (PoD).

This remarkable result has been achieved following the completion of all eight onshore treatment production units – the last one commissioned in April 2019 – and all Sulphur production units in August, the production start-up of two wells in the southern culmination of the field (in addition to the ten wells already drilled in the northern culmination) as well as the start-up on August 18th 2019 of the second 216 km long 30” pipeline connecting the offshore subsea production facilities to the onshore treatment plant.

The new pipeline, in conjunction with the completion and optimization of the plant treatment capacity, paves the way to increase, by the year end, the field potential production rate up to 3.2 bcfd against the POD’s plateau rate of 2.7 bcfd.

First exploitation licences set to be issued for Cyprus EEZ - CYPRUS MAIL

July 21, 2019

Katy Turner

The Council of Ministers is expected issue exploitation licences for the Aphrodite field, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Sunday.

“Regarding the agreements with Total and Eni, we are currently working on the legal details and they are expected to be brought before the Council of Ministers in the coming days for the relevant decisions,” he said.

As far as the Aphrodite field is concerned he said, “we are in negotiations with the consortium to come up with a jointly acceptable plan for development and production, which must be submitted to the Council of Ministers to issue exploitation licences for the Aphrodite field, marking the first time that such licences will be issued for the Cyprus EEZ (Excusive Economic Zone)”.

This is the third type of licence that is issued to interested companies. The first, a prospecting licence allows the geological evaluation of an area, while the second, an exploration licence allows for exploratory drilling to take place. If a discovery is made, the licensee then has the right be granted an exploitation licence.

Case Study: iEPCI at Karish - OFFSHORE ENGINEER

Image: TechnipFMC

April 25, 2019

Willy Gauttier 

An integrated approach to subsea services is the driving force behind a major project being performed by UK-based TechnipFMC at the deepwater Karish field, offshore Israel, in the Mediterranean Sea.

The integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) award for Energean Oil & Gas’ Karish development at 1,750 meters water depth marks the largest iEPCI project the company has undertaken to date.

The $1.4 billion Karish gas project is one of 12 iEPCI projects TechnipFMC has been awarded throughout the globe. The company’s approach to comprehensive integrated solutions is designed to strengthen the economics of subsea projects and help unlock first oil and gas faster.

The integrated full-field subsea offer includes subsea architecture design; subsea development and integrated project execution; and optional performance enhancement via inspection, maintenance and repair.

“Bringing together complementary skills and advanced technologies through integrated solutions can boost efficiency, lower costs and accelerate schedules,” said Senior Project Director Steve Duthie.

Zohr offshore Egypt building to peak gas capacity - OFFSHORE MAGAZINE

FEB/01/2019

MOSCOW – Gas produced from the deepwater Zohr field in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea totaled 12.2 bcm last year, according to partner Rosneft.

During the second half of the year, output increased almost fourfold compared with H1, when production amounted to 3.1 bcm.

Over the course of 2018, the treatment capacity was increased in stages from 11.3 MMcm/d (400 MMcf/d) to the current 56.6 MMcm/d (2 bcf/d), in line with the development plan and the gas sales agreement.

Rosneft expects gas output to reach the design capacity of 76 MMcm/d (2.7 bcf/d) by the end of 2019.

Zohr holds estimated in-place volumes of 850 bcm. Other partners are Eni, BP, and Mubadala Petroleum.

South Ramadan group to seek rig for development drilling - OFFSHORE MAGAZINE

March/29/2018


LONDON – SDX Energy has issued an update on operations at the South Ramadan concession in the Gulf of Suez offshore Egypt.

The partners have completed the final sub-surface technical work in connection with an evaluation of development options.

They have opted to drill a development well up-dip of one of the previous producing wells on the field. Depending on rig availability, this will be drilled either early in the current quarter or late in 3Q 2018.

Total cost of the 2018 program will be around $23.5 million including platform remediation work and a well workover (both dependent on a success outcome of the development well).

EKH studies investing USD 110 mn in North Sinai gas fields this year - ENTERPRISE

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

INVESTMENT WATCH- Our friends at Egyptian Kuwait Holdings (EKH) could invest USD 110 mn this year in developing five natural gas wells in North Sinai, the company said in a bourse statement (pdf). 

Four of the wells the company is studying this year will be in the Camus gas field, and one in the Tao field, the company added. 

The investment will be through subsidiary NSCO Investments Limited, in which EKH acquired a 99.99% stake last week. The company announced that NSCO had completed development of two wells in the Tao field recently.

Energean gets approval to develop field offshore Greece - REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 / 12:56 PM Reporting by Karolina Tagaris; Editing by Mark Potter

ATHENS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Energean, Greece’s sole oil producer, said on Friday it had secured approval to develop the Kataloko field in Western Greece, its third such project in the eastern Mediterranean.

The $50 million development plan is targeting 11 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) discovered in the early 1980s by the state-owned Public Petroleum Corporation but which has remained undeveloped since.

“Energean is now unlocking the value of this very important project for the country as well as revealing the potential for wider exploration of the East Adriatic region,” Energean Chief Executive Mathios Rigas said.

Energean submits FDP for Karish and Tanin gas fields, offshore Israel - WORLD OIL

JUNE/20/2017

LONDON -- Energean Oil & Gas has announced that its subsidiary, Energean Israel, has submitted the Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields, offshore Israel, to the Israeli Petroleum Commissioner.

Energean Israel holds 100% of Karish and Tanin, which combined have 2.7 Tcf of natural gas and 41 MMboe of light hydrocarbon liquids, totaling 531 MMboe 2C resources.

The Karish Main Development envisages drilling three wells, using a new Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit that will be installed approximately 90 km away from shore, with 400 MMscfd capacity. The development through an FPSO will enable Energean to maximize the recovery of reserves and minimize environmental impact. It will also allow light hydrocarbons liquid to be safely processed, stored and offloaded away from the coast, with minimal onshore installations needed.

Zohr to Start Gas Production This Year - RIGZONE

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Andreas Exarheas

Zohr will start gas production in December, according to an investor presentation held in Milan today by Eni.

The Zohr discovery, which was made in August 2015, is believed to hold 5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to Eni’s website. A December production commencement date would mark a 2.3 year timespan from discovery to output start-up.

Decision regarding the Drilling of the Leviathan-7 Development and Production Well - DELEK GROUP

Tel Aviv, March 14, 2017.

Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG, US ADR: DGRLY) (“the Company”) announces that below is an Immediate Report published by each of Avner Oil Exploration Limited Partnership and Delek Drilling Limited Partnership (jointly “the Partnerships”) concerning the decision to drill the Leviathan-7 development and production well.

Further to the provisions of Section 7.5.9(a)(5) of the Partnerships’ periodic reports as of December 31, 2015, as released on March 28, 2016 (the “Periodic Reports”) regarding the updated development plan for the Leviathan reservoir which is located in the area of the I/14 Leviathan South and I/15 Leviathan North leases (the “Development Plan” and the “Leviathan Project” or the “Leviathan Reservoir”, respectively), of the immediate reports of June 2, 2016 regarding approval of the Development Plan by the Petroleum Commissioner at the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (the “Commissioner”), of the immediate reports of December 18, 2016 regarding the decision of the Leviathan partners to drill the “Leviathan-5” appraisal and production well (the “Leviathan-5 Well”), and the immediate reports of February 23, 2017 regarding the adoption of a final investment decision (FID) for the development of the Leviathan Reservoir, the Partnerships respectfully announce that on March 13, 2017, the Leviathan partners made a decision regarding the drilling of the “Leviathan-7” development and production well in the area of the I/14 Leviathan South lease (the “Leviathan-7 Well” or the “Well”).

Set forth below are further details regarding the Well:

Partners in Israeli Leviathan gas field okay $3.75 billion investment - REUTERS

Thu Feb 23, 2017 | 2:44am ESTReporting by Tova Cohen

The partners in the Leviathan natural gas field said on Thursday they approved a $3.75 billion final investment decision (FID) in the first phase of the giant reservoir, the largest energy project in Israel's history.

The reservoir, located 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Haifa, was discovered in December 2010 and is one of the largest offshore natural gas discoveries in the world in the previous decade.

The project's $3.75 billion budget is in addition to $1 billion that has already been invested to date in various exploration, appraisal and planning activities.

According to the development plan that was approved last year by the government, the project will be completed within less than three years and the gas from Leviathan will be available to the Israeli market by the end of 2019.

Energean: A Greek success - IN CYPRUS / CYPRUS WEEKLY

February 19, 2017
Charles Ellinas

Energean is a private exploration and production group focused on Greece, the Adriatic, the East Med and North Africa. It is the only oil and gas producer in Greece. It has been much in the news recently following its acquisition of the Tanin and Karish gas-fields offshore Israel.

Energean has its roots in the successful development of the Prinos oil-field offshore Kavala in Greece. At a time of crisis in the global oil and gas sector, Energean managed to grow into a leading player in the region with a balanced portfolio of oil and gas production, low-risk development projects and high-impact low-cost exploration assets.

Kerogen commits $50 mln to Energean Israel - THE PE HUB NETOWORK / ENERGEAN OIL & GAS

February 15, 2017
By Iris Dorbian

Kerogen Capital has agreed to invest $50 million in Energean Israel, an Energean subsidiary and operator of the Karish and Tanin gas fields in offshore Israel. After the closing of the deal, which will need to be approved by the Israeli government, Kerogen will own a 50 percent stake in Energean Israel.

PRESS RELEASE - ENERGEAN OIL & GAS

ATHENS, Greece–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Energean Oil & Gas (“Energean”) is pleased to announce that Kerogen Capital (“Kerogen”) has committed to invest an initial US$50 million in Energean Israel, a subsidiary of Energean, ahead of the planned $1.3 billion development of the Karish and Tanin gas fields, offshore Israel.

Energean Appoints TechnipFMC as Concept and Engineering Design Contractor for Karish and Tanin FPSO, Israel - ENERGEAN OIL & GAS

February 2, 2017

Energean Oil & Gas (“Energean” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has appointed TechnipFMC as the Concept and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contractor for the Karish and Tanin development programme. This follows Energean’s recent decision to develop the Fields using a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (“FPSO”) unit to facilitate the quickest route to market in line with the Government of Israel’s gas strategy.

TechnipFMC is a global leader in oil and gas subsea, onshore/offshore and surface contracting. It has highly relevant experience in deep water development programmes analogous to Karish and Tanin, and has delivered some of the largest FPSO units in the world including the Akpo, Nkossa, Girassol and Dalia fields. Its broader subsea capabilities mean that it is well placed to design and configure a fully integrated infrastructure for the Karish and Tanin projects.

Energean to Invest $1.5 Billion in Offshore Gas Facilities - HAARETZ / REUTERS

Energean's Mathios Rigas

Reuters Jan 12, 2017 6:45 AM

Greek company says it will set up its own facilities to deliver gas from Karish and Tanin fields.

Greek company Energean Oil & Gas plans to build its own production system (FPSO) on the eastern Mediterranean at a cost of up to $1.5 billion to tap two Israeli offshore gas fields, the group’s CEO told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

Greece’s only oil producer is also looking to bring a financial partner into the project to develop the Tanin and Karish fields, which are situated in deep waters around 100 kilometers off Israel’s coast and have combined gas reserves estimated at 2.4 trillion cubic feet.

Energean bought Karish and Tanin last August for $148 million from U.S.-Israeli partners Delek Group and Noble Energy, who are developing two much larger fields nearby and were required by Israel to sell off other discoveries in an effort to open up the sector to competition.

Acquisition of Karish and Tanin Natural Gas Fields Offshore Israel by Energean Receives Approval from Israeli Petroleum Council - ENERGEAN OIL & GAS

7.12.2016

Energean to submit Field Development Plan in mid-2017
The Petroleum Council of Israel has announced its approval of the acquisition of 100% of the Karish and Tanin Natural Gas Fields by Energean Oil & Gas (“Energean” or “the Company”) from Delek Drilling and Avner.

The transaction, estimated to be valued at $148m, is being implemented as part of the Israeli Government’s Gas Framework Strategy. The Karish and Tanin Fields, discovered in 2013 and 2011 respectively, have 2C gas resources of circa 2.4TCF.

Energean will now proceed towards completion of the transaction, and within six months will submit to the Israeli authorities a Field Development Plan (FDP) for both fields. The Company intends to produce first gas in 2020. The development of Karish and Tanin is expected to involve an investment of circa $1bn over the next few years. 

Energean gets exploitation license offshore western Greece - OIL & GAS JOURNAL

11/29/2016

Houston

By OGJ editors

The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy and Energean Oil & Gas SA have agreed to the conversion of the West Katakolon exploration license to a 25-year exploitation license effective immediately.

West Katakolon is part of the Katakolon concession area and covers 60 sq km with 10 million bbl of recoverable oil. Energean will be operator of the field development, which follows that of its operated Prinos oil field and South Kavala gas field, both in the North Aegean Sea.

A field development plan (FDP) for West Katakolon will be submitted to the energy ministry by the end of February. Drilling is planned for 2018 and will use extended-reach drilling technology to drill from onshore to offshore reservoirs. Production startup is expected in 2018-19.

"Over 60% of Leviathan development plan already closed" - GLOBES

Yossi Abu, Delek Drilling CEO

22/11/2016, 16:33
Nati Yefet

Delek Drilling CEO Yossi Abu: We are in advanced stages of signing Leviathan financing agreements.
Yesterday, at the Eco Energy conference in Kfar Maccabiah, Delek Drilling LP (TASE: DEDR.L) CEO Yossi Abu said that over 60% of the Leviathan gas field development plan has been covered in financing agreements. "Since the approval of the outline, we have invested over half a billion of shekels in approving Leviathan plans and preparations, in order to ready Leviathan for investment."

"We will begin exporting gas from Tamar to Jordan as early as this year," Abu said. He said that as soon as Israel connects to the to the Jordan-Egypt pipeline it will be much easier for it to export to Arab countries.