Noble Energy has sold its 43.5% stake in Israel’s Tamar natural gas field, a week after announcing that it will fund a natural gas export deal with Egypt, according to reports. The Texas-based firm has sold all of its 40 million shares in the Tamar field for $4.26 each through the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The announcement
Noble Energy, Delek Drilling and Egypt East Gas Company have purchased a 39% stake in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Company paving the way for Israel to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt, Noble announced in a press release. The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Company owns the subsea EMG pipeline that runs from the Israeli city of Ashkelon
Iraq’s Basra Oil Company and Chevron signed an agreement to start oilfield development, with plans for a new energy company and a refinery, according to the country’s oil ministry. The deal includes preliminary studies, after which an energy company will be established. It will execute field development and feasibility studies will be carried out in addition to gas processing
Ukraine has raised natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities (UGS) by 6.414 billion cubic meters (bcm) after the end of the heating season, JSC Ukrtransgaz has said. Thus, from April 8 to August 18, gas reserves in storage facilities grew by 86.3%, to 13.849 bcm from 7.435 bcm. According to Interfax-Ukraine’s estimates, gas
French supermajor Total will increase Nigeria’s oil production by 200,000 bpd by the end of the year, a senior official from the local unit of the company said at an industry event, adding that the increase will come from the development of the Egina Deep project. “Our plan is to maintain aggressive exploration and appraisal
The next episode of friction between Beijing and Washington could be staged in Iran, where a top Chinese energy firm, defying latest U.S. sanctions, is likely to expand its stake in a giant Iranian gas field. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the world’s third-largest oil and gas firm, has replaced Total, the French energy giant,
Petrofac has been awarded an Energy Performance Certificate with a contract worth around US$370 million by Basra Oil Company (BOC) for expansion of the central processing facility (CPF), located in the Majnoon field, Southern Iraq. Under the terms of the 34-month contract, the lump-sum EPC project scope of work includes two oil processing trains, able
Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited announces that a wholly-owned subsidiary has entered into a Farmout Agreement with a subsidiary of Total S.A., providing for the transfer of the Corporation’s 30% participating interest in the Haute Mer B exploration license offshore Congo (Brazzaville) (“Haute Mer B”) to Total or an affiliate. All dollar amounts in this news
Prisoners in Osio in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo have, for an undisclosed period, been working in an illegal mine underneath a prison to extract diamonds. The illegal mine was only discovered recently after authorities raided the site. Prison officers and local people had before the raid set up temporary accommodation nearby to work
South African gold producers said that they had offered annual wage increases of up to 7.2 percent to underground employees and up to 4.5 percent for miners and artisans, after unions rejected a previous offer last week. Gold producers have argued that above-inflation wage hikes have been adding to the cost burden in the bullion