Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, along with several petroleum leaders, inspected the development of the West Delta fields in the Mediterranean.
The focus was on the offshore drilling of two new natural gas wells at the Raven field, developed by BP.
The production from the two wells, West Raven-4 and West Raven, is expected to increase to 200 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) of natural gas and 8,000 barrels per day of condensates during the third quarter of the fiscal year 2024/25, with costs estimated at $200 million.
Additionally, two more wells are planned to be drilled at the Giza and Fayoum regions in the Mediterranean, with investments of $120 million.
During the inspection tour aboard the Valaris DS-12 ship, the team reviewed matters related to health, safety, and environmental standards, the technologies applied in the operations, and the latest developments of the two wells.
Badawi emphasized the importance of these operations in collaboration with major partners like BP to increase natural gas production using new technologies.
He praised BP’s long-standing efforts in Egypt over the past 60 years, noting their positive impact on the country’s oil and gas sector.
The minister highlighted numerous investment opportunities to further develop the partnership between the petroleum sector and BP in the Mediterranean.
Badawi also recognized the role of the teamwork involved in the drilling operations, stressing the importance of human capabilities in achieving production goals. He affirmed his full support for enhancing these efforts.
The drilling of new wells in the West Delta area is part of an expanded work plan to explore and produce natural gas in BP’s operating and concession areas in the Mediterranean.
This includes drilling the exploratory well King-2 in the northern King Mariout area as part of BP’s expansion plan, and the exploratory well Fayoum-5 in the West Nile Delta fields to explore new natural gas-bearing layers.
The West Nile Delta fields development project features production facilities connected by long subsea pipelines in deep waters, extending to the onshore gas processing plant for the Raven field.
