BP and DEA signed an agreement with BG Egypt in March 2015 under which the operating rights of Rosetta`s onshore facilities were transferred to the two former companies from mid-2016. Egypt has signed a new oil and gas exploration agreement in the Nile Delta with German DEA Wintershall, with a minimum investment of $43 million, according to oil ministry data on Monday. In a press release, the minister said that the continuation of oil agreements with international companies would achieve important objectives for the Egyptian economy. According to Molla, this includes increasing investment flows and improving oil and gas production and reserves. BP announced today that it has signed the final agreements for the West Nile Delta project for the development of 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas resources and 55 million condensed barrels (mmbbls), with an investment estimated at about $12 billion by BP and its partner. The project underlines BP`s commitment to the Egyptian market and is a vote of confidence in Egypt`s investment climate and economic potential. “To the British government: the British government has already started negotiations with the Ethiopian government on its proposal and we had imagined that the negotiations with us would have been concluded, whether this proposal came into force or not; we never thought that the British government would reach an agreement with another government on our sea. While most of the river`s water quality is in acceptable values, there are several hotspots, most of which are found in irrigation canals and drainages. The sources of pollution come from agricultural, industrial and household waste. There are 36 industries that dump their sources of pollution directly into the Nile and 41 into irrigation canals. These types of industries are: chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, fertilizers, food, metal, mining, oil and soap, pulp and paper, fire, textiles and wood. There are more than 90 agricultural effluents flowing into the Nile, including industrial wastewater. [19] Water exceeds the minimum standards for fecal contamination, and there is high salinization and salt penetration in the delta. Salination occurs when there is a build-up of salts in the soil.
The soil cannot retain water that prevents growth. Salt infiltration is when the soil is saturated with salt water. The Northeast Nile Delta region has a high incidence rate of pancreatic cancers, which are believed to be caused by high amounts of heavy metals and organ chlorine found in soil and water. Exposure to cadmium is best known by smoking, although exposure in this region is thought to be due to contact with heavy metals and pesticides in soil and water. [20] Schistosomiasis (a disease caused by parasitic worms) was found in irrigation canals with benthic cyanobacteria forming mats.
