Offshore staff
LONDON – bp has produced first gas from the Raven field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt.
This represents the third stage of the $9-billion West Nile Delta (WND) development, comprising five gas fields across the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater offshore concession blocks.
It follows the Taurus/Libra and Giza/Fayoum projects, which started operations in 2017 and 2019, respectively. The field’s gas is sent to a new onshore processing facility, alongside the existing West Nile Delta onshore processing plant.
Raven, currently producing around 600 MMcf/d, could potentially deliver 900 MMcf/d and 30,000 b/d of condensate.
Karim Alaa, bp regional president for North Africa, said: “Working together with the Ministry of Petroleum and our partners we can now explore the potential use of the West Nile Delta facilities for developing future infill and nearby exploration opportunities.”
In total, the WND development comprises 25 wells producing gas to the onshore plant via three long-distance subsea tiebacks.
The onshore facilities now have a total gas processing capacity of around 1.4 bcf/d, all supplied to Egypt’s national grid.
bp operates in partnership with Wintershall Dea.
04/26/2021
