Category: Oil and gas

A ‘crude’ view from the Sea of Marmara’s shoreline

The Oilholic finds himself wrapping up a trip to Istanbul, Türkiye, for the Black Sea and East Med Refining & Trading Conference and Executive Retreat. Early starts over the past few days here have brought with them a most spectacular view of …

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EGPC Reviews BAPETCO’s Growth Plans, Inaugurates Real Time Monitoring Center

Salah Abdel Kerim, CEO of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), announced an ambitious five-year strategy by Badr El-Din Petroleum Company (BAPETCO) that aims to double production and quadruple reserves by 2030. The announcement came during a meeting with BAPETCO leaders, which also included the inauguration of the company’s new Real Time Center for drilling […]

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Egypt, Algeria Talk Energy Cooperation Ahead of Joint Committee

Cooperation in the oil, natural gas, and mineral resources between Egypt and Algeria was the focus of the meeting between Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and Mohamed Sofiane Berrah, Algeria’s ambassador to Egypt. The meeting precedes the Egyptian-Algerian Joint Higher Committee meeting, set to convene in Egypt at the end of this […]

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Badawi Boasts Sector Achievements on National Petroleum Day

Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, shed light on a series of major achievements in the sector during a celebration commemorating the Golden Jubilee of National Petroleum Day, which marks the anniversary of the 1975 recovery of Egypt’s Sinai oil fields from Israeli control. A statement by the ministry noted that Badawi honored […]

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Dana Gas Signs MoU with Syria’s SPC to Redevelop Natural Gas Fields

UAE Dana Gas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) for the redevelopment and expansion of several natural gas fields across central Syria, including Abu Rabah gas field, one of the largest gas discoveries in Syria. “This agreement marks an important first step in evaluating opportunities to redevelop Syria’s […]

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Media missives from ADIPEC 2025

ADIPEC 2025 drew to a close on November 6 and the Oilholic had an engaging week out in Abu Dhabi. Yours truly hosted four pivotal industry panel sessions at the event on subjects ranging from hydrogen to downstream decarbonisation.This blogger also hit…

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Badawi to Petrocast: Egypt’s 2026 Mediterranean Drilling Campaign Targets 12 tcf of Gas

Egypt will launch one of the largest natural gas exploration campaigns in the Mediterranean in 2026, marking a major step in reviving domestic production and attracting new investments, Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said during the first episode of the ministry’s podcast PetroCast. The year 2026 will see one of the largest […]

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ADIPEC Days III & IV: Energy. Intelligence. Impact.

As ADIPEC 2025 entered its home stretch, the broader conference-wide discourse continued to both amplify as well as offer a diverse range of views on the event’s tagline of ‘Energy. Intelligence. Impact.’Several discussion slants across the event bolst…

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ADIPEC Days I & II: Upscaling energy AI & automation

The first two days of ADIPEC 2025 have flown by and energy technology is all the rage here in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Accompanied, of course, by a rallying cry to invest more as the world’s energy needs rise. Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Group CEO …

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ADIPEC 2025 sessions to be hosted by yours truly

The Oilholic is delighted to be back in Abu Dhabi, UAE for ADIPEC 2025, the world’s largest energy conference and exhibition of its kind, being held here from November 3 to 6. Yours truly will be hosting four panel sessions at the event with distinguis…

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Iraq Launches Kirkuk Fields Development Project to Boost Oil, Gas Output

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil highlighted that the Kirkuk Fields Development Project will raise oil and gas production and curb flaring through effective investment, with the Ministry noting that it will also revive economic activity in the surrounding areas. The first meeting of the Joint Management Committee for the project, led by bp, was recently held […]

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Egypt, Qatar Discuss Expanding Oil, Gas Partnership at GECF

On the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Doha, Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, met a number of senior Qatari officials to discuss incentives adopted by Egypt’s petroleum sector to attract more foreign investments in gas exploration activities. The Qatari officials include  Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al […]

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Egypt Makes Two New Gas Discoveries Onshore Nile Delta, First in 2 years

Egypt witnessed a series of new oil and natural gas discoveries in the Nile Delta, Western Desert, and Eastern Desert, adding over 5,000 barrels of oil and 42 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d). In the onshore Nile Delta region, two natural gas discoveries were made,  the first in two years. The […]

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EGPC Meets 32 Firms to Discuss Plan for Output, Reserves Growth

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) held a meeting with senior executives from 32 production companies in implementation of the Ministry of Petroleum’s strategy to upgrade an integrated five-year plan aimed at doubling production rates and reserves. The plan includes expanding exploration and development activities, enhancing operational efficiency, and reducing losses through advanced drilling and […]

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Attending the Fuellers’ Master installation dinner

The Oilholic joined friends and colleagues from across the energy spectrum for a very special occasion last Wednesday – the installation ceremony and dinner of his good friend and fellow industry analyst Ashutosh Shastri as the Master of The Worshipful…

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Badawi: Egypt to Drill 480 New Exploration Wells through 2030

Egypt plans to drill  480 new oil and gas exploration wells over the next five years, with total investments exceeding $5.7 billion, announced Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, during his keynote speech at the World Energies Summit held in London. He explained that 101 wells are scheduled to be drilled in 2026 […]

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Media missives from Gastech 2025

With Gastech 2025 drawing to a close, the Oilholic capped a fascinating and engaging week out in Milan, Italy by hosting four pivotal panel sessions on subjects ranging from the natural gas-AI nexus to solutions for the decarbonization of heavy industr…

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UAE Dragon Oil to Invest $30mn in New Wells in Gulf of Suez

UAE Dragon Oil has signed a new agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to drill at least two new oil and gas wells within East El-Hamd area in the Gulf of Suez region with investments of around $30 million, according to a company press release. Abdulkarim Ahmed Al Mazmi, Acting CEO of Dragon […]

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EGPC Strikes Three New Exploration Agreements Across Egypt

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has signed three new agreements with international companies to explore for oil and gas in the Western Desert, Gulf of Suez, and North Sinai regions. The first agreement was signed with Berenco Egypt to drill three wells in the North Sinai offshore area with investments of  $46 million and […]

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Iraq Strengthens Energy Ties with Oman, Turkmenistan

Iraq is stepping up its regional energy strategy through new agreements and projects aimed at bolstering oil and gas exports and expanding domestic power generation. The State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) unveiled talks to build a pipeline linking Basra to Oman, aiming to broaden export channels, boost capacity, and reinforce Iraq’s output growth. SOMO highlighted […]

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El-Sisi Urges Intensifying Exploration Activities, Attracting investments in Oil and Gas

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed the continued development of newly discovered wells and integrating them into the production map, while intensifying exploration and drilling activities, to enhance Egypt’s position as a regional energy hub, according to Mohamed El-Shennawy, Presidential Spokesman. This came during a meeting with Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly and Karim Badawi, Minister of […]

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Meeting billionaire energy entrepreneur Femi Otedola

Energy and Finance Entrepreneur Femi Otedola (left) with Energy Analyst Gaurav Sharma in London, UKLate last month, the Oilholic had the pleasure of a very special meeting in London with an extraordinary energy and finance entrepreneur – none other tha…

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Meeting billionaire energy entrepreneur Femi Otedola

Energy and Finance Entrepreneur Femi Otedola (left) with Energy Analyst Gaurav Sharma in London, UKLate last month, the Oilholic had the pleasure of a very special meeting in London with an extraordinary energy and finance entrepreneur – none other tha…

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EnerCom announces Andrew Rapp, Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of Energy, as Keynote Speaker on August 18th at EnerCom’s 30th Anniversary Energy Investment Conference

(Oil & Gas 360) – Qualified Investors and Analysts Can Register at No Cost at  www.enercomdenver.com – Deadline to Submit One-on-One […]

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Methane 101: Understanding the Second Most Important Greenhouse Gas

By Olivia Rosane and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Quick Key Facts What Is Methane? What has no color or smell and is found in wetlands, cow burps and your basement furnace? The answer is methane — a powerful greenhouse gas that is the second most important contributor to the climate crisis after carbon dioxide (CO2). It […]

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Renewables Join Fossil Fuels in Supplying Record Energy Demand: Report

The world’s demand for oil, gas, renewables, coal, nuclear and hydropower hit a record high in 2024, with all growing year-on-year for the first time in nearly two decades, according to a new report by the London-based Energy Institute (EI). The 74th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy found that together wind and […]

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EnerCom announces Liberty Energy and Baker Hughes as Keynote Speakers at the 30th annual EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, August 17-20, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – Register for EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, August 17-20, 2025,  featuring a broad group […]

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Moderating panel at Applied Computing’s Orbital demo

Delighted to announce that yours truly will be joining Applied Computing’s Demo Day proceedings on June 10, 2025 at IET London Savoy Place in London, UK. The Oilholic will also be moderating the panel discussion titled – Redesigning Energy: New Te…

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Cabinet Greenlights $252mn in Energy Agreements

The Cabinet approved five petroleum concession agreements between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation(EGPC), the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), and a number of international companies. These agreements cover oil exploration and exploitation in the Northwest El-Maghara in the Western Desert, East El-Hamd and East Gemsa offshore Gulf of Suez, as well as exploration and […]

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FG Flaunts Scorecard On Maritime, Cross Border Oil Related Crimes Fight In 5yrs

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that over 220 vessels involved in maritime criminality within Nigeria’s Exclusive Economic Zone, up to the Republic of Togo, between August 2018 and March 2023, have been prosecuted. He also said over 87 oil tankers involved in various crude oil and product theft had been arrested, as theft of over […]

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Type of mud losses while oil and gas well drilling

We have following types of mud losses while well drilling on drilling rig.  1-Surface mud  losses  Surface mud losses mean mud loss due to surface equipments like shale shakers, desander, desilter, mud cleaner and centrifuge. Solid control equipment do not discard dry solid, there is limited liquid portion of mud that  is also discharge with …

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Rig floor components and drill string handling tools

Oil and gas rotary drilling rig have several tools at rig floor for handling drill string various components. Rig floor is a platform which provide work space for crew member  for tripping drill pipe into or out of wellbore.  Driller’s Console: The control panel, located on the rig floor, where the driller controls drilling operations …

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