Tag: East Nile Delta
BP makes second significant gas discovery in Egypt’s East Mediterranean Sea
Posted: March 13, 2015 at 8:04 pm / Oil & Gas
BP Egypt announced another important gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta. The “Atoll-1” deepwater exploration well, currently being drilled using the 6th generation semi-submersible rig “Maersk Discoverer,” has reached 6,400 meters depth and penetrated approximately 50 meters of gas pay in high quality Oligocene sandstones. Expected to be […]