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As previously communicated, a total of 800,177 The meeting was held at the Minister of State commercial discoveries and to make additional
barrels were lifted during the fourth quarter, of for Petroleum Resources’ office, NNPC towers, gas resources available.”
which 466,116 barrels were lifted in October at Abuja. Sameh Sabry, Senior Vice President and
a realised price of $92.41 per barrel and 334,061 NUPRC, 11 January 2023 Managing Director BU Egypt, said: “Wintershall
barrels during November at a realised price of Dea wants to grow in Egypt and this discovery is
$89 per barrel. a positive sign. Egypt, the wider region and the
The latter was completed by the PNGF Sud PROJECTS & COMPANIES world badly need additional energy resources,
operator on November 12 in settlement of out- and Wintershall Dea is doing all it can to deliver
standing billings. Wintershall Dea makes additional volumes.”
The next lifting has been agreed with the Wintershall Dea started exploration at East
Djeno Terminal operator and is currently being gas discovery at East Damanhour in November 2021. The discov-
scheduled at the end of January 2023 for approx- ery was made as the second exploration well in
imately 317,000 barrels. The final lifting volume Damanhour exploration this licence. The ED-2X well is located around 3
and realised selling price will be notified to the km north of the existing Disouq field. The well
market immediately after it has been communi- block in onshore Nile Delta encountered a 43-metre-thick gas bearing res-
cated to the Company, normally a few days after ervoir with a gas-water contact at 2,627 metres.
lifting has been completed. Wintershall Dea has found gas in its East A thorough and fit for purpose data acquisition
“We are pleased to finish 2022 with a strong Damanhour exploration block in the onshore programme has been carried out in the well and
operational performance and an exit production Nile Delta. the discovery has been tested at peak production
rate which bodes well for the start of 2023. The The licensees, operator Wintershall Dea of 15mn cubic feet (424,800 cubic metres) per
infill drilling programme continues to progress (40%) and partners Cheiron Energy (40%) and day.
above expectations, including the recent addi- INA (20%), as well as the Egyptian Gas Hold- Wintershall Dea, 12 January 2023
tion of Tchibeli NE and its pre-salt discovery,” ing Company (EGAS), will assess the discovery
says interim CEO Jens Pace. as a possible tie-back development towards the Shelf Drilling secures
The full account of production (including nearby infrastructure at Disouq.
final allocation) will be presented in the interim The Disouq gas project is operated by DIS- contract extension for
report for the second half of the year. OUCO, a Joint Venture between Wintershall
(1) Final production allocation for the Dea and EGAS. Trident 16 in Egypt
months of October and November, preliminary Georg Bresser, Senior Vice President Global
production allocation for December. Exploration, said: “This discovery is another Shelf Drilling has secured a one-year contract
PetroNor E&P, 11 January 2023 value-accretive exploration success in one of extension for the Trident 16 jack-up rig in direct
our well-established exploration areas. The East continuation of its current term with Belayim
Damanhour acreage in the vicinity of our pro- Petroleum Co. for operations in the Gulf of Suez
POLICY duction infrastructure allows to quickly develop offshore Egypt.
Minister of state for

petroleum resources

hosts Spanish foreign
affairs minister

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources Chief Timipre Sylva hosted the Span-
ish Minister for Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel
Albares and decision makers of the Spanish oil
and gas sector to a business meeting.
The objective of the meeting is to discuss
modalities for the implementation of signed
agreements between the two Countries. The
bilateral agreement covers areas of investment
opportunities in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.
The CEO of NUPRC Gbenga Komolafe
informed the delegation that the visit is very
timely and appropriate in terms of investment
opportunities, as the Commission on the behalf
of the Federal Government has launched the
2022 Mini Bid Round exercise for deep offshore
fields and the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercial-
isation Programme among other opportunities
that exist in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

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