BP announces gas production startup at Atoll-4, Qattameya fields
BP announced 2 important gas production startup milestones: Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta offshore concession, in which bp holds 100% equity in the concession located in Egypt’s East Nile Delta. It is expected to produce up to 50 million cubic feet of gas/day. And Atoll – 4 which includes an estimated production of […]
BP starts gas production from Qattameya field offshore Egypt
BP today announced the start of gas production from its latest development offshore Egypt – the Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta offshore concession. Through bp’s joint venture, Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC), the field, which is expected to produce up to 50 million cubic feet of gas per day, has been developed through a […]
BP to drill new wells in Qattameya, Atoll gas fields offshore Nile Delta
BP is preparing to drill two new wells in the Atoll and Qattameya natural gas fields in its North Damietta offshore concession in the Nile Delta, according to an Oil Ministry statement. The drilling work will cost USD 280 million. The Atoll field is expected to produce 100 mmcf/d of gas when it comes online […]
Interview with Hesham Mekawi – Regional President, North Africa, BP, Egypt
Hesham Mekawi, Regional President, North Africa for BP, discusses the company’s extraordinary investment in Egypt, with one in three upstream dollars globally spent on Egypt, making the Country currently the highest receiver of investment within the group. He also highlights the track record of successful partnership BP has had with Egypt and the total alignment […]
BP makes third gas discovery in North Damietta Concession offshore Egypt
BP announced today another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961 metres in water depth of approximately 108 metres using the El Qaher II jack-up rig. The wireline logs, pressure data and fluid samples confirmed […]
