CAIRO: A consortium led by US-based Bechtel has been selected for the front-end engineering and design contract for a unified power system that will link gas infrastructure in Egypt, reported MEED. The clients of this project are UK-based oil and gas company Shell, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., and publicly owned Petronas in Malaysia. The scope of work includes linking
As Egypt’s role as an option for sending more natural gas to Europe solidifies, the country’s petroleum ministry has announced a new tentative partnership
CAIRO: US energy company Chevron is planning to drill the first exploration well in its concession area in the eastern Mediterranean next September, the firm’s president Mike Wirth said. The move comes as the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., or EGAS, signed an initial agreement with the US company to cooperate in the activities of transporting, importing and exporting the gas
The company’s latest discovery is seen opening up a much broader play, providing plenty of gas resources to justify further development. [Gas in Transition, Volume 2, Issue 5]