{"id":9638,"date":"2021-01-04T16:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2021-01-04T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:14:17","slug":"egypt-total-led-consortium-enters-the-north-ras-kanayis-offshore-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-total-led-consortium-enters-the-north-ras-kanayis-offshore-block\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: Total Led Consortium Enters the North Ras Kanayis Offshore Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An international consortium led by Total (Total 35% Operator, Shell 30%, KUFPEC 25%, Tharwa 10%) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) have signed an exploration and production agreement for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>This exploration block covers an area of 4,550 sq km, extending from 5 to 150 km from the shore, with water depths ranging from 50 to 3,200 m. The Herodotus Basin is an underexplored area and the agreement includes a 3D seismic campaign during the first three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018<em>Total is pleased to further strengthen its Eastern Mediterranean position as an operator of this exploration and production agreement<\/em>\u2019\u2019,\u00a0<strong>commented Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President Exploration at Total<\/strong>. \u201c<em>We are excited by the exploration potential of the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block. It reinforces our presence in Egypt, following a gas discovery made in July 2020 with the Bashrush well on the North El Hammad license, to be developed through a tie-in to nearby existing infrastructure<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Total holds a working interest of 25% in the North El Hammad license, alongside operator ENI (37.5%) and BP (37.5%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international consortium led by Total (Total 35% Operator, Shell 30%, KUFPEC 25%, Tharwa 10%) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) have signed an exploration and production agreement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-total-led-consortium-enters-the-north-ras-kanayis-offshore-block\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9639,"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":true,"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":[8834,709,8831,768,8832,7517,7728,8833,2533],"class_list":["post-9638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-bashrush-well","tag-egypt","tag-egyptian-natural-gas-holding-company","tag-eni","tag-herodotus-basin","tag-kufpec","tag-north-el-hammad-license","tag-north-ras-kanayis","tag-total","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Egypt-North-Ras-Kanayis.jpg?fit=825%2C635&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2vs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13954,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-kufpec-enters-a-new-partnership-with-shell-in-mediterranean-block\/","url_meta":{"origin":9638,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: KUFPEC Enters a New Partnership with Shell in Mediterranean Block","author":"","date":"September 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"BG International Limited, subsidiary of Shell plc., signed Farm Out Agreement (FOA) with KUFPEC (Egypt) Limited (KEL), subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), under which KEL will acquire 40% stake in Block 3 (NorthEast El-Amriya) in the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea.This FOA is subject to government and regulatory approvals,\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\/09\/Egypt-Blocks.png?fit=735%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Egypt-Blocks.png?fit=735%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Egypt-Blocks.png?fit=735%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Egypt-Blocks.png?fit=735%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13886,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-pgs-links-nile-delta-and-herodotus-basin-in-new-geostreamer-acquisition\/","url_meta":{"origin":9638,"position":1},"title":"EGYPT: PGS Links Nile Delta and Herodotus Basin in New GeoStreamer Acquisition","author":"","date":"August 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"PGS is bridging the gap between the renowned Nile Delta and the promising Herodotus Basin with the EGY23 Merneith survey offshore Egypt. 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