Ethiopia Dam News: Tussle With Egypt Over Nile River Falter
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
This Emerging Economy Bets Big On Solar
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
U.S. says it will keep engaging Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on Blue Nile dam
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
For Thousands of Years, Egypt Controlled the Nile. A New Dam Threatens That.
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
Is Egypt’s Energy Hub Dream Falling Apart?
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
Exxon Signs Deals With Egypt For Oil, Gas Exploration in East Mediterranean
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 2019 thermal coal imports rise 31% on cement sector demand
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
ExxonMobil expands upstream footprint in Egypt with two offshore blocks
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
Israel approves final permits to allow first gas exports to Egypt
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
Shell’s Big Strategy Shift In Egypt
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