Egypt shows faith in renewable energy with wind farm tender

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 11 November 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

A tender for a 1,000-megawatt wind farm signals intent by the Egyptian government to meet its ambitious target for tapping renewable energy sources.

British oil companies and banks in limbo over Egypt protests

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 07 February 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

British companies are flying out staff and halting operations as the civil disorder escalates in Egypt but they have also found themselves under verbal attack for being too close to the government of president Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt: oil and gas reserves up to 18 billion barrels

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 22 August 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Egyptian reserves of oil and natural gas have risen to 18.3 billion barrels in (2009-2010) in what makes the proven reserves rise to 20 billion barrels in the next two years, Egyptian Petroleum Authority (EPA) said Saturday.

Egypt to drill 520 exploratory oil & gas wells

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 04 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The plan envisages drilling 36 gas wells in the country’s northern delta coast, the southern governorates of Qena and Aswan, west of the Nile River, and the southern border areas. The plan is expected to increase the country’s oil and gas reserves and boost the energy production remarkably, according to a statement issued by the [...]

Oil Price at US$200 per Barrel?

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 15 May 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Interesting opinion of the Egyptian Minister of Oil (www.bostonherald.com). Falling investments and increasing delays in energy sector projects because of the global meltdown could lead to oil spiking to over $200 per barrel, Egypt’s oil minister warned today, highlighting industry concerns that supply will fall short of demand once the world rebounds from its current [...]