Egypt

State-run PetroVietnam is apparently holding a second round of talks with Iraq's oil ministry over a US$300mn deal that the company signed with the Saddam Hussein regime in March... 2008-11-18

Australian independent Beach Petroleum has announced that Egypt has approved the development of the North Shadwan and South-East July concessions in the Gulf of Suez (GoS). BMI... 2008-11-10

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Dana Gas has announced a gas and condensate discovery in the Qawasim formation at the West Manzala concession in Egypt.

State-owned Syrian Gas Company has awarded a EUR52mn contract to Russia's Stroytransgaz for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Syria's northern city of Aleppo (Halab)... 2008-10-15

London-listed explorer Circle Oil has confirmed the discovery of oil and gas in Egypt's onshore North West Gemsa concession.

A subsidiary of German utility RWE has struck gas in its Egyptian Nile Delta exploration acreage and has also reported oil strikes with two wells in Libya. The discoveries, made... 2008-09-12

Egypt's petroleum ministry has announced that it is preparing to hold an auction for oil and gas exploration acreage in seven new areas of the Mediterranean Sea.

British major BP has announced the start of gas production from the Taurt field in Egypt, its first subsea development in the country.

Egypt's oil ministry has revised the country's proven oil and gas reserves upwards for the fiscal year 2007-2008 which ended on June 30.

Egypt has begun exporting natural gas to Syria via the Arab Gas Pipeline. The delayed project will initially send 2.5mn cubic metres of gas per day (Mcm/d) to a Syrian power station,... 2008-07-11