Latest in Tag: Oil Highlight
Latest in Tag: Oil

Draft 2020-2021 budget sets oil price at $61per barrel
State employees’ wages to increase by 11.3%: Finance Minister

Oil drops below $25/barrel for first time since 2003
Increase in Saudi oil exports leads to excess supply, says Medhat Youssef

MENA is vulnerable to oil prices decline, Russia more prepared than previous shocks: IIF
How will ongoing oil tension impact MENA region?

Oil declines 22% trading; KSA announces production increase
Global trade war and Coronavirus threaten oil markets: former petroleum minister

Government’s amendment to oil agreements, price review prompt industry to rise again: Shell
Shell Egypt’s total natural gas production level is 350m cubic feet per day, says Moataz Darwish

Finance Ministry downgrades oil prices’ expectations to $64 per barrel
Interest rates to slightly decrease by end of FY2019/20, says report

Oil falls to $54.45 as Russia requests time to assess additional OPEC production cuts
Coronavirus outbreak threatens the oil market by falling global demand: Source

Petroleum Minister says oil production need to increase
El-Molla reviews crude oil production plans

9 oil, gas search agreements signed at $452m investment in Mediterranean, Western Desert
The first agreement in the East Horus region, Western Desert, is with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Shell, comes at a minimum investment of approximately $24.5m, and a signature grant of $23m to drill five wells.

Oil prices jump to highest level in more than 3 months, recording $68.66
Brent rise will not affect Egypt, thanks to hedging mechanism: Source

Egypt implements 27 petroleum projects with $31bn investments: El-Molla
Egypt’s gas production increase to 7.2bn scf/day, $5bn investments to raise fuel storage capacity

Egypt signs four petroleum agreements for oil, gas exploration with investments worth $155m
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla stated that the first agreement is signed between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC) for oil and gas exploration in the south-eastern Siwa concession area in the Western Desert, with a minimum investment of about $17m, allocating about $1.2m to drill four new wells.

Oil prices fall to $64.19 barrel due to US-China trade war
Brent rate increased by 1.5% on Friday after OPEC’s agreement to further reduce production

Oil prices hike ahead of OPEC meeting after large production cuts expectations
Brent increased by $0.75 to $61.57, WTI up by $0.65 to $56.75

Leopard: everything must change so everything can stay the same?
The great Italian writer Lampedusa has his central character Prince Tancredi articulate the most profound statement about conservative politics ever made: “If we want things to stay as they are,” he tells his uncle, “things will have to change.”

Shell close to finalising sale of its oil assets in Western Desert
The company intends to progress in maritime tenders to expand its business, says source

Egypt aims to increase oil exports revenues to $8.5bn in FY 2019/20
Quantities include the foreign partner’s share at an average price of $55 a barrel, say government sources

Oil prices plunged to $59.12 per barrel on the back of increased US stockpiles
Decline in global demand for oil threatens to OPEC’s plans to cut production, says Youssef

Two missiles hit Iranian oil tanker near Saudi port
The Iranian government vows to take a ‘proper response’

KSA’s GDP is currently 40% reliant on oil exports: Colliers International
SAR 61.4bn, estimated size of relevant entertainment market in the Kingdom by 2030, says Colliers

Government stabilises fuel prices as hedging contracts defy oil fluctuations
A government source told Daily News Egypt that the government has fixed the prices of petroleum products, in parallel with fixing the value of hedging against price fluctuations, which protects the state budget from bearing any additional burdens.

Egypt targets 3.8% growth in oil, condensates production in FY 2019/20
Refining 3.6m tonnes of crude oil, gas production increases to 51.1m tonnes, says source

Oil loses $5 a barrel after Aramco’s announcement of restoring full production
Market to face oil glut in coming period, prices to fall under $60: Source

Baltim production increases to 100m scf/day
The ministry of petroleum said in a statement that the remaining five wells in the field will be developed during the second quarter of next year.

Trump says he does not want war after attack on Saudi oil facilities
UK, Germany agree on need for international response to Saudi attack: UK PM’s spokesperson

Aramco’s oil facilities still within range of our attacks “could be targeted at any moment”: Houthis
Movement said Saudi Arabia should stop its “aggression, blockade on Yemen”

Iran denies US accusations of carrying attack against Aramco oil facilities
Iraqi government dismissed media reports about use of its territory in attack

UK accuses Iran of selling oil from seized oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 to Syria
Iranian ambassador to UK summoned by UK Foreign Secretary

Government aims to renew hedging against oil price fluctuations
Oil price fell below $60 a barrel, contrary to expectations, according to industry source

Qarun Petroleum Company invests $237m in FY 2019/20
Moreover, he said that the average daily production of the company during the year reached 31,700 barrels of oil per day, while the company’s total investment amounted to about $182m.