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BP, Wintershall produce gas

at Raven field offshore Egypt

EGYPT EUROPE’S leading independent gas and oil Wintershall Dea’s activities in Egypt also
company Wintershall Dea (Germany) and oper- include crude oil production in the Gulf of Suez
ator BP (UK) have produced gas from Raven, and gas production at Disouq in the onshore
the fifth field of Egypt’s offshore West Nile Delta Nile Delta, in joint ventures with the Egyptian
project. General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) and with
Currently, Raven’s gross production amounts Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS). ™
to approximately 600mn cubic feet (17mn cubic
metres) per day of gas. At its peak, the field is
expected to deliver 900 mcf (25.5 mcm) per day
and approximately 30,000 barrels per day of
condensate. The onshore facilities – including
the new Raven facility – now have a total gas
processing capacity of around 1.4bn cubic feet
(40 mcm) per day of gas.
Wintershall Dea holds a 17.25% stake in
the West Nile Delta project, with BP owning
the remaining 82.75% as operator. The project
involves five fields in the North Alexandria and
West Mediterranean Deepwater offshore con-
cession blocks, delivered in three stages. The
first, Taurus/Libra, began production in March
2017, with the second, Giza/Fayoum, following
in February 2019.
Overall, the project involves 25 wells and
three deep water long distance subsea tiebacks
to the shore. The gas produced is for domestic
consumption.
Wintershall plans to start exploration shortly
in the onshore Nile Delta, near its Disouq field.
The company also operates the East Damanhour
block and will begin a drilling campaign involv-
ing several wells in 2021. Raven is one of five fields in the West Nile Delta project (Image: Wintershall)

NNPC awards concession to SEEPCO for

associated gas development at OML 143

NIGERIA NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) Okwuibome oilfields.
has struck a deal with Sterling Oil Exploration SEEPCO will send production from the
and Production Co. (SEEPCO) on the explora- licence area, which is believed to hold 1.2 trillion
tion and development of associated gas reserves cubic feet (33.98bn cubic metres) of associated
within the licence area known as OML 143. gas, to its own Ashtavinayak Hydrocarbon Ltd
According to Nigerian press reports, state- (AHL) plant for processing. In turn, the AHL
owned NNPC signed an agreement on the facility, which has a capacity of 125mn cubic
project with SEEPCO last week. The docu- feet (3.54mn cubic metres) per day of gas, will
ment provides for NNPC to serve as conces- turn out dry gas for delivery to power plants
sionaire for the production-sharing contract and other domestic customers, including a 650-
(PSC) covering OML 143, a site in the northern MW thermal power plant (TPP) that NNPC and
Niger River Delta that contains the Anieze and SEEPCO hope to build in Delta State.

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