MENA+ Edition 
Egypt Edition 
UAE Edition 
Saudi Edition 
AI + Innovation (MENA) 
Logistics (MENA) 
Share
Read Full Issue 
Algeria is deepening its role as Europe’s alternative energy partner: Sonatrach signed cooperation protocols with Germany’s VNG and Siemens Energy during President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s two-day visit to Berlin last week — his first since taking office in 2019.
The details: Sonatrach and VNG signed a natural gas supply agreement expanding deliveries to the German market from 1 January 2027. The state-owned oil and gas company also signed an MoU with Siemens Energy to co-develop digitalization and predictive maintenance solutions, and jointly promote local development of green steel and green ammonia value chains.
A foot in the door
Egypt’s Petrojet and Enppi have secured a six-year route into Petroleum Development Oman’s (PDO) USD 6 bn+ project pipeline, selected as one of four international contractors and consortiums eligible to compete for EPC work under a long-term framework with PDO, according to a statement from the Oil Ministry. The USD 6 bn figure covers PDO’s total tender pipeline during the framework, not awarded work. No guaranteed minimum or tender start date was disclosed.
A pattern of regional wins: Enppi entered Oman in May with a USD 355 mn turnkey contract to expand PDO’s Birba gas facilities. It is also building four natural gas liquids storage tanks for Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Petrojet is leading a USD 1.1 bn oilfield development in Algeria and has a USD 160 mn infrastructure contract at Saudi Arabia’s King Saud Air Base. The two companies are jointly executing a USD 1.24 bn gas preconditioning project for Adnoc.
Linking up
Egypt is eyeing a set of logistics links with Tanzania, including a Safaga-Dar es Salaam shipping route and a Cairo-Dar es Salaam multimodal corridor, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said during a visit to the East African country, according to an Ittihadiya statement. Egypt is also ready to help expand the Port of Dar es Salaam as part of a wider regional plan linking Tanzania to its landlocked neighbors. The two governments signed two MoUs spanning transport, electricity, and renewable energy, though no timeline or investment figures were attached to the broader proposals.
