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BP has made another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt


Announcing on 27 March, BP stated that it had made its third discovery in the East Nile Delta. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961m in water depth of approximately 108m using the El Qaher II jack-up rig. The wireline logs, pressure data and fluid samples confirmed the presence of 37m of net gas pay in high quality Pliocene sandstones. 

Bob Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive, said, “Qattameya marks our third discovery in the block where we are already developing the Atoll field and appraising the Salamat discovery. This latest discovery confirms our belief that the Nile Delta is a world-class basin.”

Commenting on the discovery, Hesham Mekawi, BP North Africa Regional President, said, “We are delighted to sustain our success in these shallow Pliocene targets. We believe that the development of Qattameya could help unlock the resources in other nearby discoveries with similar shallow low-pressure characteristics. This is part of our long-standing commitment to Egypt and to unlocking Egypt’s energy potential.”

Qattameya Shallow-1 well is located 60 km north of Damietta city, 30 km south west of Salamat and only 35 km to the west of Ha’py offshore facilities. BP has 100 per cent equity in the discovery.

Rosneft is the latest oil company to return to Libya and Africas largest reserves as they sign an exploration and production deal 


Moscow-based Rosneft have agreed to invest in exploration and production in Libya, the National Oil Corp of Libya stated on its website on 21 February. In addition, Rosneft have also signed a separate accord to by Libyan crude. 

This comes a matter of weeks after Libya had declared itself open for business in a bid to attract more foreign investment and increase its production to 2.1mn bpd by the end of 2020. 

“We need the assistance and investment of major international oil companies to reach our production goals and stabilise our economy,” NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in the statement. 

Jadadalla Alaokali, an NOC board member, said last week that Libya’s crude production exceeded 700,000 bpd and is due to reach 1.2mn bpd by August and 1.7 mn by March 2018, when the nation’s ports and export terminals will be operating at full capacity. 

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