Saipem Wins Egypt Plant Contract - RIGZONE

Monday, April 20, 2020

Matthew V. Veazey

Egyptian Ethylene & Derivatives Co. (Ethydco) has selected a consortium of Saipem and Egypt-based Petrojet to build that country’s first polybutadiene plant, Saipem reported Friday.

According to a written statement Saipem emailed to Rigzone, the estimated US$150 million contract for the 36,000-metric ton per year (MT/Y) synthetic rubber plant calls on Saipem and Petrojet to provide:

Egyptian Companies to Return to Libyan E&P Sector - PETROLEUM AFRICA

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

NOC chairman Eng. Mustafa Sanalla met with Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Eng. Tarek El Molla, and senior officials of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, in Cairo on October 27, 2019. The meeting was held to further mutual cooperation between NOC, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, and Egyptian oil companies.

Eng. El Molla stressed the importance of enhancing Libyan-Egyptian mutual cooperation and emphasized Egyptian companies’ aspirations to resume work in Libya. The Minister also confirmed that Egyptian oil companies have been directed by the Ministry to return to doing business and to proceed with currently suspended projects in Libya.

The NOC chairman briefed the Egyptian attendees on NOC’s plans to increase oil and gas production in Libya and invited Egyptian oil companies to contribute to the implementation of these plans both technically and commercially. Sanalla also commended Egyptian state-owned enterprise Petrojet, which previously completed the Wafa oilfield pipeline in western Libya.

Libya’s Faregh Field Development Phase 2 to Boost Production - PETROLEUM AFRICA

Saturday, October 26, 2019

The Faregh field development Phase 2 is to boost daily production capacity to a quarter-billion cubic feet of gas and 15,000 barrels of condensates

In an important step toward achieving the production targets of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Waha Oil Company (WOC) announced the beginning of operating tests of the Phase 2 of the Faregh field development project, starting on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 to pump gas to the Intisar 103 field. At a later date, gas will be shipped to the coastal network, to which the field is connected. This step is a significant achievement of NOC and WOC to serve Libyans and the national economy.

Faregh’s gas will be used to increase the efficiency of crude oil production at the Intisar 103 field and could supply the power plants in the Eastern Region, replacing subsidized liquid fuel, a measure that is both cost-saving and environmentally friendly. The project will also increase gas supply to methanol plants and the Libyan Norwegian Fertilizer Company (LifeCo) in Marsa El Brega.

NOC is awaiting the General Company for Gas Transmission & Distribution’s completion of gas pipeline installations to connect the Faregh field with the Sarir power plant, carried out in collaboration with Petrojet, an Egyptian company.

Egypt, Jordan sign agreement for operation, maintenance of natgas pipeline - ENTERPRISE

Sunday, 7 April 2019

Egypt and Jordan signed on Friday a long-term contract to operate and maintain Jordan’s natural gas pipeline, according to an Oil Ministry statement. 

State energy companies Enppi and Petrojet are also currently working on a project to expand the natural gas network in Jordan, which should be inaugurated this October, Minister Tarek El Molla previously said.

Egyptian petroleum minister fleshes out country’s progress as regional hub - THE ARAB WEEKLY

Sunday 24/02/2019

Mohamed Hammad

Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek el-Molla said Cairo would soon announce its first international bid for oil and gas exploration in the country’s Red Sea territory, as a step towards Egypt increasing its position among natural gas suppliers in the region.

Molla said the ministry carried out two seismic surveys in the Red Sea and southern Egypt that indicated “positive signs that encouraged us to submit tenders to international companies for the extraction of oil and gas in that virgin region.”

“This procedure would not have been possible without the delimitation of the maritime border with Saudi Arabia in April 2016. [The agreement] enabled Egypt to search and explore in this region for the first time,” Molla said.

The surveys were carried out by US companies TGS and Schlumberger at a cost of about $750 million.

Tenders for oil and gas exploration in the Red Sea were to have been announced last December but Molla said Egyptian officials decided to wait to better market the promising potential in the region.

Egypt’s Enppi and Petrojet complete 60% of Jordan natgas network expansion - ENTERPRISE

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

State energy companies Enppi and Petrojet have completed 60% of a project to expand the natural gas network in Jordan, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said, according to Ahram Online. The two companies are expected to inaugurate the project in October 2019. 

We had previously noted that Enppi and EGAS are building a 17 km steel pipeline for the Jordanian-Egyptian Fajr for Natural Gas Transport and Supply Company that should be complete by 2020, but it remains unclear whether this is the project Molla was referring to.

SUBSEA 7 awarded contract offshore Egypt - SUBSEA 7

13 Jun 2018

Subsea 7 announced today the award of a sizeable(1) engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by Burullus Gas Company for the West Delta Deep Marine Phase 9b development project, offshore Egypt.

The scope includes connecting six new wells into existing subsea facilities using umbilicals and flexible flowlines. Project management and engineering work has already commenced at Subsea 7’s office in Cairo, Egypt and Paris, France. Fabrication of the subsea structures and spools will be carried out at Petrojet’s yard near Alexandria, Egypt.

Offshore work is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2019.

Subsea 7's Regional Vice President for Africa, Gilles Lafaye, said: “This award recognises our track record of good execution and our established local presence in Egypt. We look forward to continuing our successful and collaborative relationship with Burullus.”

Egypt lets contract for Midor refinery expansion - OIL & GAS JOURNAL

Houston, JUNE/08/2018
Robert Brelsford

The government of Egypt has let a contract to TechnipFMC PLC to provide services related to the implementation of the expansion at state-owned Middle East Oil Refinery Co.’s (Midor) 115,000-b/d refinery in El Amreya Free Zone, Alexandria, Egypt.

Signed on June 7, the $1.7-billion contract will cover construction, supplies, and engineering designs for the expansion, which aims to increase overall refining capacity at the site by 60% to 175,000 b/d, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MPMR) said.

Overall cost of Midor’s expansion project—which will include participation of Egypt’s ENPPI and Petrojet—will amount to about $2.2 billion, MOP said.

Alongside increasing Midor’s crude processing capacity, the expansion also will raise the refinery’s current LNG production by about 145,000 tonnes/year, benzene 95 by about 600,000 tpy, and jet fuel by about 1.3 million tpy.

The Midor expansion comes as part of MPMR’s integrated plan to develop, upgrade, and increase efficiency and production quality of Egypt’s refineries through implementation of a series of new projects across manufacturing sites to help meet domestic petroleum product demand as well as reduce imports from abroad, said Tariq El-Molla, Egypt’s minister of petroleum and natural resources.

NPCC Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Petrojet of Egypt - NPCC

19, Nov 2017

NPCC, part of Senaat Abu Dhabi, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petrojet of Egypt, to partner and cooperate for identification and execution of new projects in Egypt and wider region.

NPCC was founded in 1973 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and has delivered Offshore & Onshore Oil & Gas EPC projects for National and International Oil Companies in the region. It has over 1200 Engineers in 4 Engineering Centres across Europe and Asia, a fleet of 22 Offshore Construction Vessels and the largest yard of 1.3 Million square meters in MENA region.

The MoU was signed by Mr Aqeel A. Madhi, MD & CEO of NPCC and Mr Salah Ismail, Chairman and MD of Petrojet, in presence of senior members of the management team, at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi. MoU will come into effect immediately and both parties plan to enhance cooperation to win and execute new projects.

Mr. Aqeel A. Madhi, MD & CEO of NPCC said “This partnership, with an established organization in Egypt, is a golden opportunity for NPCC to win and execute projects in Egypt and near-by markets. It will help us grow in new markets, Egypt in specific and other markets in general. This strategic partnership and cooperation will also support our strategy of growing in new markets.

UK embassy launches Oil & Gas International Scholarship Programme for Egyptian students - AHRAM ONLINE

Tuesday 18 Jul 2017

The British Embassy in Egypt launched the Oil and Gas International Scholarship Programme on Monday for up to 2,000 Egyptian employees over the coming five years to meet the changing needs of businesses in the oil and gas sector, according to an embassy statement.

The programme, which is the largest scholarship program in its sector in Egypt, aims to "support the work of the Egyptian government as it modernises the oil and gas sector," the embassy said in an emailed statement late on Monday.

The program was designed by the International Academy for Advanced Research and Studies (IARS) and its training partner Pearson, the largest awarding body in UK, in cooperation with Oil and Gas Skills Egypt (OGS). It will provide accessible and affordable high-quality international training programs, the embassy statement said.

Petrojet completes constructing deepwater facilities on Zohr ahead of schedule - ENTERPRISE / AL MASRY AL YOUM

Monday, 12 June 2017

Petrojet has completed the construction of deepwater facilities on the Zohr gas field one month ahead of schedule, Al Masry Al Youm reports. 

Petrojet had also announced earlier this month that it completed construction on offshore platform for the gas field four months before it was due.

Egyptian oil and energy sector to reestablish work in Libya - LIBYAN EXPRESS

Thursday 6 April 2017

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and energy sector construction company Petrojet plan to reestablish their presence in Libya, a Libyan official said yesterday, after a meeting with company representatives that also included the chair of Libya’s National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanallah.

NOC and EGPC also agreed to form a partnership to study possible oil and gas projects, although no further details were provided, OilPRice reported.

A meeting took place between the Egyptian officials and the Libyan ones headed by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Council, Ahmed Mitig.

Minister of Petroleum follows up on development of Zohr field - ENERGY EGYPT

December 18, 2016

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eng. Tarek El Molla, met with the Higher Committee, comprised of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Petrobel, and Italy’s Eni, to follow up on the development of the Zohr field project. EGAS Chairman Eng. Mohamed Al-Masry, EGPC Chairman Eng. Tarek El Hadidy, Petrobel’s Chairman Eng. Atef Hassan, Petrojet’s Chairman Eng Mohamed Shemi, Enppi’s Chairman Eng. Mohamed Hathot, Eng. Adriano Mongini and Eng. Antonio Villa, representing Eni and IEOC, as well as representatives from Saipem were all present at the meeting.

Eng. Tarek El Molla said That Zohr field is a producing almost 900 million cubic feet of gas per day and will top 1 billion cubic feet per day in the end of 2017, and the development plan for the field to increase production will top 1 billion cubic feet per day in the end of 2019.

EGPC, Kuwait Energy sign agreement on Iraq's Siba gas field - NATURAL GAS WORLD

October 28th, 2016 8:35amShardul Sharma

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation has inked an agreement with Kuwait Energy to buy stake in Siba gas field in Iraq’s Basra region, the Egyptian oil ministry said October 26. The field has reserves of 555bn ft³ of natural gas and 37mn barrels of condensate.

The ministry stated that EGPC will have a 15% interest in the field. It expects production to be 70mn ft³/d by 2017 which is likely to rise to 100-150mn ft³/d. Egyptian Petrojet will be the general contractor of the field development project through carrying out all the executive and engineering works of the project at costs of $200mn.

This is the second partnership between the two sides outside Egypt. Kuwait Energy farmed out a10% working interest in Block 9 in southern Iraq to EGPC and now has 60%.

GASCO to hire domestic companies for transporting natural gas from Raven field to Western Desert Gas Complex - ENERGY EGYPT / ENTERPRISE PRESS

August 2, 2016

The Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) could potentially hire domestic energy companies such as Enppi and Petrojet to provide technical support as well as engineering and design services to transport gas from the Raven field in the North Alexandria Concession to the Western Desert Gas Complex, an unnamed source told Al Mal.

Natural gas would be transported from the BP-operated field at a rate ranging between 400 and 450 mcf/d, with the project expected to be completed between two and three years. Last week, it was reported that GASCO is also studying investing USD 500 mn in the second phase of the project to increase the production of the ethane-propane mix from the complex.

Eni completes the authorization process for the development of Zohr gas field - ENI

21/02/2016

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum has approved that EGAS grants Eni the Zohr Development Lease, which allows for the development of the gas field located offshore Egypt.

San Donato Milanese (Mi), 21 February 2016 - The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has approved that the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) grants Eni the Zohr Development Lease, which, following the contractual framework definition, allows for the development of the gas field, located in the Shorouk Concession, offshore Egypt.