Bapetco to Link BTE-2 Output to Gas Plant - EGYPT OIL & GAS

Thursday, 15th December 2016

In a statement to Egypt Oil&Gas, Badr El Din Petroleum (Bapetco)’s CEO, Emad Hamdy, stated that the company is in talks with its foreign partner Royal Dutch Shell on linking production for a new discovery at North Alam El Shawish concession, BTE-2 well, to Badr-3 gas process facilities that is located 40km away from the well. Bapetco will use one of the pipelines near the new well to transport gas from BTE-2 to the facility, where it will be mixed with process gas to meet standards set forth by the Egyptian government.

BTE-2 well is expected to produce 40mcf/d of gas during its first phase. During the second phase, the company will drill 6 development wells, as well as build facilities to move gas to the proessing facility at Badr3 and increase the capacity of the carbon dioxide extracting unit to be able to treat the gas produced from BTE-2 which is expected to reach 150mcf/d.

Shell oil & gas appoints Gasser Hanter to head Egypt business - ZAWYA / THOMSON REUTERS

Gasser Hanter

08 December, 2016

Reporting by Ehab Farouk; Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Giles Elgood an David Goodman

CAIRO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Gasser Hanter to head its Egypt business, the company said on Thursday.

Hanter, who is Egyptian, was named as upstream vice-president and managing director in Egypt. He replaces Aidan Murphy, who has taken on a new role at Shell headquarters.

Shell to boost deepwater investments, but is owed substantially by government - ENERGY EGYPT / ENTERPRISE PRESS

November 20, 2016

Shell will be increasing exploration and drilling at its deepwater concessions in Burullus and Rosetta concessions, according to statements by Aidan Murphy, Shell Egypt VP and country chairman.

The company plans to expand its investments there following promising data on the size of the concessions. Murphy also stated that the company is owed a substantial sum by the government, Al Shorouk reports, possibly tying these future investments to the government’s ability to payback its arrears.