{"id":15788,"date":"2026-05-20T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15788"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:40:13","slug":"egypt-capricorn-announces-ministerial-signing-of-merged-concession-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-capricorn-announces-ministerial-signing-of-merged-concession-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: Capricorn Announces Ministerial Signing of Merged Concession Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capricorn announces that the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has signed the consolidated and amended concession agreement covering eight of the Company&#8217;s existing Egyptian Western Desert concession agreements in which it has a 50% participating interest held jointly with Cheiron Oil and Gas Limited (Cheiron).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Minister\u2019s signature, the new agreement has taken effect. Its operational start date is 1 July 2025, from which date the merged concession terms became applicable and Capricorn\u2019s work programme obligations commenced. The agreement extends the concession life by up to 20 years with a 10-year development term and two five-year optional extension terms, amends the fiscal terms to promote investment, and merges the existing concessions to increase operational and financial efficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Randy Neely, Chief Executive, Capricorn Energy PLC said:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to have received the final signed approval for our consolidation agreement from Minister Badawi. We appreciate EGPC and our operating partner, Cheiron, for their collaboration throughout this process and look forward to working together under the improved terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capricorn announces that the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has signed the consolidated and amended concession agreement covering eight of the Company&#8217;s existing Egyptian Western Desert concession agreements in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-capricorn-announces-ministerial-signing-of-merged-concession-agreement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[10528,7605,8259,709,7208,12492],"class_list":["post-15788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-capricorn-energy","tag-cheiron","tag-egpc","tag-egypt","tag-minister-of-petroleum-and-mineral-resources","tag-western-desert-concession","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/capricorn-updated-map-15x.webp?fit=1800%2C1179&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-46E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15007,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-egpc-approves-consolidation-of-capricorns-8-existing-concession-agreements\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: EGPC Approves Consolidation of Capricorn&#8217;s 8 Existing Concession Agreements","author":"","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Capricorn has announced that it has been informed by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) that it has approved the consolidation of eight of the Company\u2019s existing Egyptian concession agreements, in which it has a 50% participating interest held jointly with Cheiron Oil and Gas Limited, into a new, single\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/capricon-map_2024-10-08.jpg?fit=782%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/capricon-map_2024-10-08.jpg?fit=782%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/capricon-map_2024-10-08.jpg?fit=782%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/capricon-map_2024-10-08.jpg?fit=782%2C512&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15318,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-capricorn-receives-50m-from-the-egyptian-general-petroleum-corporation\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":1},"title":"EGYPT: Capricorn\u00a0Receives $50m from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation","author":"","date":"October 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Capricorn\u00a0has announced\u00a0that it has\u00a0received $50m from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). Since 30 June 2025, the Company has received a total of $102m, and its accounts receivable is approximately $115m (H1\u201925 - $182m) (excluding expected credit loss adjustments). The Company expects to receive further material payments against arrears before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/capricorn-energy-plc-logo-1200x675-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/capricorn-energy-plc-logo-1200x675-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/capricorn-energy-plc-logo-1200x675-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/capricorn-energy-plc-logo-1200x675-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/capricorn-energy-plc-logo-1200x675-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8389,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/first-oil-achieved-from-the-gnn-discovery-in-the-southern-gulf-of-suez-egypt\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":2},"title":"First Oil Achieved from the GNN Discovery in the Southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt","author":"","date":"June 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheiron has announced that the GNN-4 well, which was drilled to appraise the recent GNN oil discovery, has been completed and successfully tested at initial rates of over 2,000 bopd. \u00a0The well was drilled as a high angle wellbore from the existing Geisum D platform and has been placed on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cheiron-Egypt.jpg?fit=750%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cheiron-Egypt.jpg?fit=750%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cheiron-Egypt.jpg?fit=750%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cheiron-Egypt.jpg?fit=750%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13518,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-chevron-brings-on-stream-gnn-oil-field-early-production-facility\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":3},"title":"EGYPT: Cheiron Brings on Stream GNN Oil Field Early Production Facility","author":"","date":"March 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheiron Energy has announced that the Early Production Facility (EPF) for the GNN oil field in the Gulf of Suez has been brought on stream. The GNN field is located in the Geisum and Tawila West Concession (\u201cthe Concession\u201d) in which Cheiron (through its PICO GOS affiliate) holds a 60%\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EGYPT-GULF-OF-SUEZ.png?fit=823%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EGYPT-GULF-OF-SUEZ.png?fit=823%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EGYPT-GULF-OF-SUEZ.png?fit=823%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EGYPT-GULF-OF-SUEZ.png?fit=823%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11455,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-transglobe-announces-ratification-of-the-consolidated-and-amended-eastern-desert-psc\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":4},"title":"EGYPT: TransGlobe Announces Ratification of the Consolidated and Amended Eastern Desert PSC","author":"","date":"December 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"TransGlobe has said it received notification that its agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to merge, amend and extend its three existing Eastern Desert concessions (West Gharib, West Bakr and North West Gharib) has been ratified into Egyptian Law. The newly ratified Agreement extends the concession life with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Egypt-Eastern-Desert.jpg?fit=470%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13882,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-new-oil-discovery-near-the-gnn-oil-field-in-the-gulf-of-suez\/","url_meta":{"origin":15788,"position":5},"title":"EGYPT: New oil discovery near the GNN oil field in the Gulf of Suez","author":"","date":"August 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheiron is pleased to announce that it has made a new oil discovery in the Geisum and Tawila West Concession (\u201cthe Concession\u201d) in the Gulf of Suez. 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