Petroleum Min. announces putting Silva gas well on production - EGYPT TODAY

Fri, Nov. 8, 2019

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.

SUBSEA 7 awarded contract offshore Egypt - SUBSEA 7

13 Jun 2018

Subsea 7 announced today the award of a sizeable(1) engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by Burullus Gas Company for the West Delta Deep Marine Phase 9b development project, offshore Egypt.

The scope includes connecting six new wells into existing subsea facilities using umbilicals and flexible flowlines. Project management and engineering work has already commenced at Subsea 7’s office in Cairo, Egypt and Paris, France. Fabrication of the subsea structures and spools will be carried out at Petrojet’s yard near Alexandria, Egypt.

Offshore work is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2019.

Subsea 7's Regional Vice President for Africa, Gilles Lafaye, said: “This award recognises our track record of good execution and our established local presence in Egypt. We look forward to continuing our successful and collaborative relationship with Burullus.”

Gasser Hanter: Shell positioning itself as Egypt’s preferred future partner - ENERGY EGYPT / DAILY NEWS EGYPT

Gasser Hanter – VP Upstream, Country Chair & Managing Director Shell Egypt

September 19, 2017

The Apollonia project can boost Egypt’s unconventional oil/gas exploration and production.
In the wake of the ongoing economic reform programme adopted by the authorities and the plans to transform Egypt into a major energy hub, Daily News Egypt sat with Gasser Hanter, Vice President Upstream, Country Chair & Managing Director of Shell Egypt, which is responsible for around 20% of Egypt’s gas production and 10% of the country’s oil production to discuss the prospects of Egypt’s oil and gas sector, in addition to reviewing the company’s latest projects and updates in the Egyptian market.

Van Oord wins two contracts for West Nile Delta offshore Egypt - OFFSHORE MAGAZINE

Van Oord's flexible fallpipe vessel 'Stornes' 

11/03/2016

Offshore staff

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands – Subsea 7 has contracted Van Oord to construct the landfall and execute subsea rock installation works for the West Nile Delta project in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea. Preparations on-site have already started.

The BP-operated project, located 65 km (40 mi) offshore northern Egypt, comprises the development of a series of gas fields. The first phase, which includes the Taurus and Libra fields, consists of a nine-well tieback to the existing Burullus facilities.

Ministry of Petroleum to allow BG to export liquefied gas through ADCO - ENERGY EGYPT / DAILY NEWS EGYPT

April 12, 2016 

BG withdrew its oil drills from the Burullus field in February before the company was acquired by Shell.

The Ministry of Petroleum vowed to allow British Gas Group (BG), now a subsidiary of Shell, to export liquefied gas through the [Idku LNG plant].

The decision comes after BG informed Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) that work on the 9B phase of the Burullus field would resume if the company was allowed to export 100 to 150 cubic feet per day and increase the price of gas. BG halted work and withdrew its oil drill from the field in February due to the Egyptian’s government’s failure to pay the money due to the company.

Subsea 7 bags West Nile Delta gig | OE Offshore Engineer

Melissa Sustaita, 30 December 2015 

Subsea 7 inked a contract estimated to be between US$50 million to $150 million with Burullus Gas Co. for the platform extension and tie-in on the first phase of BP's West Nile Delta development of the Taurus and Libra fields, offshore Egypt.

Subsea 7's Cairo office and Subsea 7's Global Projects Centre in London will immediately begin engineering and project management work on the project.


Fabrication of the deck extension and spools will be carried out at the Petrojet Maadia yard near Alexandria. Offshore work is scheduled to commence in 2H 2016 using Subsea 7's Rockwater 2 as the main hook-up and accommodation vessel with Seven Borealis performing the offshore lift of the platform extension and the heavy construction vessel, Seven Arctic, installing the umbilical, Subsea 7 said.

The $12 billion West Nile Delta project involves the development of 5 Tcf of gas resources and 55 MMbbl of condensates. Production from the project is expected to be around 1.2 Bcf/d, equivalent to about 25% of Egypt’s current gas production. All the produced gas will be fed into the country’s national gas grid. Production is expected to start in 2017.    

"This contract recognizes the value we bring to our clients through early engagement to engineer, design and deliver cost-effective solutions for complex field developments. We look forward to expanding our presence in Egypt and building a long, successful and collaborative relationship with Burullus," Oeyvind Mikaelsen, executive VP southern hemisphere and global projects said.

At the end of July, Subsea 7 won a contract worth about $500 million from BP for the development of the Taurus and Libra subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt, in the first phase of Egypt's West Nile Delta.

Earlier this month, BP Egypt completed the acquisition of 22.75% in the North Alexandria Concession and 2.75% in the West Mediterranean Deep Water Concession from Hamburg-based DEA Deutsche Erdoel, which brought the company's working interest in both concessions of the West Nile Delta project to 82.75%. 

In mid-May, BP increased its interest in the West Nile Delta project in Egypt after partner DEA farmed down its stake, which left DEA holding 17.25% in North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater. DEA formerly held 40% in North Alexandria, and 20% in West Mediterranean Deepwater.

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Egypt’s overdue debts prompt BG to further postpone linking gas fields to mid-2016 | Daily News Egypt

Project will only offset the natural decline of fields production, says official

The British Gas Company (BG) has once again postponed linking stage 9B to the Burullus fields to mid-2016 rather than the beginning of 2016, due to delayed repayment of Egyptian debts.

A senior official at the Ministry of Petroleum told Daily News Egypt that BG postponed the project for the second time, when it was agreed in 2013 that the linking will be completed by the beginning of 2015. The first postponement resulted in pushing the deadline for linking 9A to mid-2015.

The official said the total production of stage 9B will be a maximum of 500m cubic feet of gas per day.

The official said stage 9B is the largest project to begin production in 2016, but will not increase Egypt’s total production, as it would offset part of the natural decline of field productivity.

Egypt has recently agreed with BG to raise the price of natural gas produced to stage 9B from $3.95 per million British Thermal Units (BTUs) to $5.88.

The Ministry of Petroleum had earlier promised foreign companies to pay $500m of its total overdue debt, currently at $2.7bn, by the end of 2015. The agreement has yet to be met.

BG’s total production declined to about 850m cubic feet per day during the first quarter of the current fiscal year after linking stage 9A, compared to 1.1bn cubic feet at the beginning of 2014.

Foreign partners in the oil sector have delayed the linking of their gas fields in response to the government’s failure to pay overdue amounts. This is expected to lead gas production to decline until the end of 2016.

The official said total Egyptian gas production is estimated at 4.106bn cubic feet per day, although it is declining by 100m feet every month.

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