oil spills
Egypt’s environmental agency files complaint due to Red Sea crude oil pollution
Environment
November 10, 2019
Egypt’s environmental agency files complaint due to Red Sea crude oil pollution
The Red Sea Regional Branch of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in Hurghada will file a legal complaint against…
Repeated Red Sea oil spills forces Environment Minister to take action
Egypt
December 13, 2017
Repeated Red Sea oil spills forces Environment Minister to take action
The Environment Minister Khalid Fahmy instructed the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) and the Red Sea Marine Park Authority (RSMPA)…
Oil slicks appear at Ras Gharib shores
Egypt
September 14, 2016
Oil slicks appear at Ras Gharib shores
Oil pollution appeared on the shores of the Gulf of Suez at Ras Gharib city, preventing people and holiday-makers in…
Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken: spokesman
Business
August 30, 2016
Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken: spokesman
Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic…
Nuweiba oil spill cleared-up, but work in Ras Gharib ongoing: official
Environment
February 27, 2016
Nuweiba oil spill cleared-up, but work in Ras Gharib ongoing: official
An oil spill in Nuweiba harbor has been cleaned up, according to Kawthar Hanafy, head of the Environment Ministry's central…
Any oil to spare? Throw it in the Nile, no one will notice or care
Environment
February 21, 2013
Any oil to spare? Throw it in the Nile, no one will notice or care
A five-kilometer-long oil spill was discovered near Edfu, a town north of Aswan, in October. Aside from the usual environmental…
New Nile oil slick detected in Cairo, four water stations halted in Beni Suef
Egypt
November 3, 2012
New Nile oil slick detected in Cairo, four water stations halted in Beni Suef
The Holding Company For Water and Wastewater announced on Saturday that it had discovered a new oil slick in Cairo,…
Govt responds to Nile oil spills in Upper Egypt
Environment
November 1, 2012
Govt responds to Nile oil spills in Upper Egypt
Minister of Environment Mostafa Hussein Kamel announced on Wednesday the formation of a Luxor-based intervention unit to combat Nile water…
Monday’s papers: Coptic papal elections begin; police follow Nasr City ‘terror cell’
Egypt
October 29, 2012
Monday’s papers: Coptic papal elections begin; police follow Nasr City ‘terror cell’
The top developments in Monday’s papers include the vote for the three finalists in the Coptic papal lottery, which will…
US lays out examples of ‘gross negligence’ by BP in the Gulf of Mexico
Environment
September 5, 2012
US lays out examples of ‘gross negligence’ by BP in the Gulf of Mexico
The US Justice Department is ramping up its rhetoric against BP PLC for the massive 2010 oil spill in the…