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Egypt Signs 12 Deals for Gas, Oil Exploration in Mediterranean, Red Sea

A gas field in Egypt. (Reuters)
A gas field in Egypt. (Reuters)
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Egypt Signs 12 Deals for Gas, Oil Exploration in Mediterranean, Red Sea

A gas field in Egypt. (Reuters)
A gas field in Egypt. (Reuters)

Egypt has signed nine new agreements, valued at more than $1 billion, with six local and international companies for exploration of oil and natural gas, announced Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

The ministry said in a press statement that the companies will drill 17 wells in the eastern and western Mediterranean Sea and regional water of the Red Sea.

The nine deals were concluded with Exxon Mobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company, and Total along with its partners: Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), Shell, and Tharwa.

Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Tarek al-Molla announced that the nine deals are part of 12 new agreements that the ministry has concluded since March 2020 for drilling 23 wells, nine of them offshore the Mediterranean and three in the Red Sea.

The remaining agreements will be completed during the coming period.

Molla explained that the ministry’s new strategy to promote investment opportunities helped attract new international investments in oil and gas exploration and conclude new partnerships with giant and major companies in the global petroleum industry.

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FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, makes an appearance over pumpjacks as they draw out oil and gas from well heads near Cremona, Alberta, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Oil Up as Israel, Hezbollah Trade Accusations of Ceasefire Violation

FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, makes an appearance over pumpjacks as they draw out oil and gas from well heads near Cremona, Alberta, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, makes an appearance over pumpjacks as they draw out oil and gas from well heads near Cremona, Alberta, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Oil prices ticked up on Thursday after Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah traded accusations that their ceasefire had been violated, and as Israeli tanks fired on south Lebanon.

OPEC+ also delayed by a few days a meeting likely to extend production cuts.

Brent crude futures edged up by 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.13 a barrel by 1741 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 23 cents, 0.3%, at $68.93. Trading was thin because of the US Thanksgiving holiday, Reuters reported.
Israel's military said the ceasefire was violated after what it called suspects, some in vehicles, arrived at several areas in the southern zone.
The deal, which took effect on Wednesday, was intended to allow people in both countries to start returning to homes in border areas shattered by 14 months of fighting.
The Middle East is one of the world's major oil-producing regions, and while the ongoing conflict has not so far not impacted supply it has been reflected in a risk premium for traders.
Elsewhere, OPEC+, comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia, delayed its next policy meeting to Dec. 5 from Dec. 1 to avoid a conflict with another event.
Also supporting prices, OPEC+ sources have said there will again be discussion over another delay to an oil output increase scheduled for January.
"It's highly unlikely they are going to announce an increase production at this meeting," said Rory Johnston, analyst at Commodity Context.
The group pumps about half the world's oil but has maintained production cuts to support prices. It hopes to unwind those cuts, but weak global demand has forced it to delay the start of gradual increases.
A further delay has mostly been factored in to oil prices already, said Suvro Sarkar at DBS Bank. "The only question is whether it's a one-month pushback, or three, or even longer."
Depressing prices slightly, US gasoline stocks rose 3.3 million barrels in the week ending Nov. 22, the US Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, countering expectations of a small draw in fuel stocks ahead of holiday travel.
Slowing fuel demand growth in top consumers China and the US has weighed on oil prices this year.