Thursday, 24 August 2017
Production at the second phase development of the West Delta fields, which will include the Giza and Fayoum fields, is expected to begin in 2018, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said on Wednesday. The remarks came during a meeting with Thomas Rappuhn, CEO of Germany’s DEA, which owns a 17.25% share in the project. Production had initially been slated for 2019.
Separately, El Molla met with Malaysian company Petronas’ Vice President Adnan Zainal Abidin to discuss the company’s projects in Egypt. Petronas and Royal Dutch Shell will begin work on phase 9B of the Borollos gas field in 4Q2017, after having halted work last year over disagreements on prices with the government.
Cairo, 10.05.2017
- Production from the West Nile Delta (WND) project commenced
- First gas ahead of schedule and production above plan
Production from the offshore WND gas fields commenced on 24 March 2017 from the first two fields, Taurus and Libra. Nine wells have now been commissioned and the fields are currently producing at a flow rate of more than 700 million cubic feet of gas per day.
“West Nile Delta is the largest new gas project that has been brought into production in Egypt in the last years. Its gas will contribute materially to the energy balance in the country. It is also one of the largest investment projects within DEA’s portfolio and we are pleased that the first gas milestone has been reached,” says Thomas Rappuhn, Chief Executive Officer of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG.
“DEA was already involved in this project in its exploration phase and I would like to thank the team for the successful and professional implementation of the first part of the project,” Thomas Rappuhn adds.
“DEA is proud of being an active partner in this project. All members of the project team, within BP as the operator and DEA, have done an excellent job in order to achieve the production launch,” says Thomas Radwitz, General Manager of DEA Egypt.
