There has been a lot of fog surrounding the news announced by Israeli Nobel Energy and its partner the Delek Group on 19 October regarding ongoing negotiations between them and a group of Egyptian businessmen represented by Dolphinus Holdings to (...)
Amr Kamal Hamouda* is pessimistic about prospects for power supplies
The energy sector in Egypt faces numerous and serious challenges that it will have to deal with during the coming years. Crude oil and natural gas production levels are (...)
The global economic crisis has cast its shadow on Egypt's oil sector, writes Amr Kamal Hamouda*
The international economic crisis has tightened its grip on the Egyptian oil sector and disrupted its calculations and plans to expand and renovate (...)
Amr Kamal Hamouda* explores the complexities with which the issue of selling gas to Israel is laden
Nothing could be more ambiguous than the issue of selling Egyptian gas to Israel. The news that it is happening is all too often confirmed by the (...)
Amr Kamal Hamouda* examines the latest chapter in the saga of gas exports to Israel
For the second time the Administrative Judiciary Court at the Council of State reaffirmed on 6 January its decision to halt natural gas exports to Israel, and to (...)
Amr Kamal Hamouda* sees a natural gas cartel in the making
Russia, Iran and Qatar took serious steps towards the formation of an OPEC-style organisation for natural gas-exporting countries. The announcement of this step came during a recent meeting (...)
Amidst growing tension in the region Amr Kamal Hammouda scans the potential of Egypt's energy sector
Egypt has a lengthy experience in the petroleum sector going back to more than 100 years. The Middle East's first oil refinery was built in the (...)