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bp to explore potential for green hydrogen production in Egypt

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bp signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Egypt under which bp will explore the potential for establishing a new green hydrogen production facility in the country. It is intended that high-potential locations across Egypt will be considered as part of the feasibility study, targeting best-in-class resources.

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BP Egypt announces significant gas discovery in deepwater Nile Delta

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BP Egypt announced a “significant” gas discovery in the East Nile Delta. Further appraisal will be required to better define the field resources and to evaluate the options for developing the discovery. BP production and exploration in Egypt. Red arrow points to the Damietta concession, location of the Salamat exploration well.

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Nearly 20% of intact tropical forest landscapes overlap with extractive industries

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The total area of overlap is 376,449 square miles (975,000 square kilometers), about the size of Egypt. A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and WWF finds that nearly 20% of tropical Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) overlap with concessions for extractive industries such as mining, oil and gas. Grantham Hedley S.,

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BP makes second significant gas discovery in Egypt’s East Mediterranean Sea; follows confirmation of $12B investment in West Nile Delta

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BP Egypt announced another important gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta. The estimated potential in the concession exceeds 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) and we now have a positive starting point for the next possible major project in Egypt after BP’s West Nile Delta project. West Nile Delta.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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New Delhi in India, Cairo in Egypt, Lagos in Nigeria). Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan). 340 cities (40.4%) from upper-middle-income countries (e.g.

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Eni discovers a supergiant gas field in the Egyptian offshore; largest ever found in the Mediterranean Sea

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Eni has made a world class supergiant gas discovery at its Zohr Prospect, in the deep waters of Egypt. Zohr is the largest gas discovery ever made in Egypt and in the Mediterranean Sea. The discovery, after its full development, will be able to ensure satisfying Egypt’s natural gas demand for decades.

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Researchers develop MOF membrane coating to prolong lithium–sulfur battery life

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Now, Mohamed Alkordi at Zewail City of Science and Technology in Egypt and co-workers have fabricated a flexible metal–organic framework (MOF) coating (UiO-66-NH 2 @SiO 2 ) for a commercial Celgard 2320 membrane that is placed between the lithium (anode) and sulfur (cathode) components of the battery. —Suriyakumar et al.