In the late 90s of the previous century and early years of this century, Egypt in collaboration with international partners started the development of its LNG sector. This resulted in Continue Reading
OPEC’s Fund for International Development is among a group of development banks providing $114 million of loans to build the largest privately-owned solar plant in Egypt. ACWA Power’s 200-megawatt Kom Ombo Continue Reading
Egypt seized the giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as part of an effort to get more than $900 million in compensation. The court in the Continue Reading
Egypt is still in talks about compensation stemming from the operations to free the giant container ship whose stranding in the Suez Canal for nearly a week roiled global cargo Continue Reading
Maersk has warned that customers should not expect a quick return to normal services after the Suez Canal blockage, which the world’s largest shipping company predicts will keep disrupting global Continue Reading
Egypt won’t release the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March until its owners agree to pay as much as a billion dollars in Continue Reading
Tensions are rising between Egypt and Ethiopia as Addis Ababa moves closer to diverting water to a massive hydroelectric project on the Nile that has been a center of a decade-long dispute Continue Reading
All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March had passed through the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog that Continue Reading
Egypt said it may seek around $1 billion in compensation after a giant container vessel blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week and roiled shipping markets. The figure is a Continue Reading
Southbound and northbound traffic on the Suez Canal has recommenced a day after the stricken Ever Given container ship was freed, market sources said March 30. Not registered? Receive daily Continue Reading
Ships were again moving slowly through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, hours after engineers freed the Ever Given and cleared the waterway for global traffic. Shipowners, exporters and importers are now racing Continue Reading
Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks trade and supply chains disrupted by the pandemic. Sign up here . The immediate crisis of the Suez Canal blockage may have Continue Reading
Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be Continue Reading
The mammoth cargo ship blocking one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries was wrenched from the shoreline and set partially afloat again early Monday, raising hopes that traffic could Continue Reading
The Suez Canal remains blocked by the Ever Given cargo vessel for a sixth consecutive day, with more than 320 ships — including crude, product and chemical tankers, dry bulk Continue Reading
The Suez Canal logjam since the week starting March 21, caused by the Ever Given cargo vessel, could potentially increase bunker fuel demand in Singapore as more ships will likely Continue Reading
A giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal could be freed by the start of next week if heavier tugboats, dredging and a high tide succeed in dislodging it, Continue Reading
The Dutch emergency response team hired to free the vast ship blocking the Suez canal has pulled off some dramatic recoveries, including lifting Russia’s Kursk nuclear submarine from the Barents Continue Reading
The US has offered Egypt assistance in unblocking the Suez Canal, as the head of the world’s largest shipping company warned that businesses reliant on just in time supply chains Continue Reading
The forecast for Tuesday, March 23, showed wind gusts of more than 40 miles per hour and sand storms sweeping through northern Egypt. Indeed, such weather is common in the Continue Reading
An abrupt starboard turn in the Atlantic Ocean is the perfect illustration of the trade disruption caused by the blockage of one of the world’s most important waterways. The Marlin Continue Reading
Efforts to dislodge the massive Ever Given container vessel blocking the Suez Canal will take until at least next Wednesday, longer than initially feared, raising the prospect that the incident Continue Reading
Reeling from the blockage in the Suez Canal, shipping rates for oil product tankers have nearly doubled this week, and several vessels were diverted away from the vital waterway as Continue Reading
Ever since the attempted coup in Turkey of 2016, Ankara has become more assertive regarding its near abroad foreign policy. With the rise of the AKP in the early 2000s, Continue Reading
As many as 10 crude tankers carrying around 13 million barrels of oil could be affected by the disrupted traffic in the Suez Canal, which was blocked early on Wednesday Continue Reading
An elite team is set to tackle the monumental challenge of freeing the massive container vessel that’s blocking the Suez Canal, as a backlog of ships continued to build up Continue Reading
Japan’s Shoei Kisen Kaisha, owner of the Ever Given, said March 25 it is currently considering what needs to be done to improve the situation its container vessel, which ran Continue Reading
The blockage of the Suez Canal by a giant container vessel is likely to send ripples of disruption through the global energy supply chain. European and U.S. refiners that rely on the Continue Reading
Eight tug boats were attempting on Wednesday to free a 400m (440-yard) long container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking vessels passing through one of the world’s Continue Reading
The digitalization of subsurface information to collect data and improve production techniques could enhance exploration and drilling processes worldwide, led by Egypt. A new project from The Egyptian Ministry of Continue Reading
The Eastern Mediterranean in a decade went from an ’empty sea’ towards one of the most promising new frontiers of the global oil and gas industry. The Levant basin contains Continue Reading
Egypt and Iraq have signed an oil-for-reconstruction plan this December, expected to come into effect once constitutional procedures have been completed. This deal marks the start of several joint projects Continue Reading
In recent years, Russia and China have been facing off to spread their nuclear power dominion to a new, huge, and vastly untapped market: Africa. The two nuclear power giants Continue Reading
An “important” regional natural gas project will be revealed soon, Egypt’s energy minister said Sept. 22, as six east Mediterranean states and the Palestinian National Authority launched a Cairo-based gas Continue Reading
Greece, Italy, Egypt, Israel and two other countries will form a permanent organization to promote co-operation over natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey, which has raised tensions by exploring Continue Reading
Egypt boosted its gas production by 12.4% on the year to a record 7.2 billion scf/d in the fiscal year 2019-20 (July-June) and is undertaking new exploration activities, the CEO Continue Reading
European majors Eni, BP, and Total have successfully tested a new natural gas discovery in Egypt’s shallow waters, the Italian company said on Tuesday, commenting on its find that adds Continue Reading
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan are engaged in last-ditch talks to resolve a dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam on the river Nile that Cairo fears could lead Continue Reading
Egypt’s leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has threatened to intervene militarily in neighbouring Libya if Turkish-backed forces capture Sirte, a strategic port and gateway to important oil terminals. The warning adds Continue Reading
A last-ditch attempt to resolve a decade-long dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over a huge new hydropower dam on the Nile has failed, raising the stakes in what – for Continue Reading
Egypt’s total of 1173 recorded Covid-19 cases and 78 deaths, as of April 5, places Africa’s third-most populous country significantly below the global per capita averages for both counts as Continue Reading
The United States will continue to work with Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan until they sign an accord on a giant Blue Nile hydropower dam, after failing to secure signatures from Continue Reading
The Egyptian farmer stood in his dust-blown field, lamenting his fortune. A few years ago, wheat and tomato-filled greenhouses carpeted the land. Now the desert was creeping in. “Look,” he Continue Reading
Since the end of the 1990s Egypt has dreamt of becoming an East Mediterranean gas and energy hub. The discoveries offshore in the Nile Delta at the end of the Continue Reading
ExxonMobil and Egypt have signed two oil and gas exploration deals in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said on Tuesday, weeks after Exxon said it had secured Continue Reading
Egypt imported 6.32 million mt of thermal coal in 2019, up 31% on the previous year, according to official data from the Port of Alexandria, boosted by strong demand from Continue Reading
Oil company ExxonMobil has expanded its upstream acreage in Egypt after it acquired two offshore blocks, boosting its footprint in the gas-rich Eastern Mediterranean basin. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading
Gas supplies by pipeline from Israel to Egypt are on course to begin by the end of 2019 after Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz on Monday signed the final permits Continue Reading
Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell has appointed investment bank Citi to run the $1 billion (£781.5m) sale of its oil and gas assets in Egypt’s Western Desert. Sources told Reuters Continue Reading
Israel’s NatGas Exports to Egypt from Leviathan Could Start in June From the Jerusalem Post Israeli energy company Delek Drilling expects to commence commercial gas exports to Egypt by the Continue Reading
