CAIRO – 8 November 2019: Ministry of Petroleum announced Thursday putting Silva natural gas well in phase 9B of the deep western delta concession area in the Mediterranean on production, at 60-80 million cubic feet per day in early November.
The ministry said in a statement that the Silva well is the third to be put on production within a month after the wells, Saphir East and East Swan, which were put on production last October with a production rate of up to 170 million cubic feet of gas per day.
It added that Burullus Gas Company, which is operating in the project on behalf of the Petroleum Authority, and Shell International completed linking the new well to production, bringing the total production of the three wells to about 240 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
