BP PLC has put onstream the second-phase growth of the Raven subject offshore Egypt, anticipating an extra manufacturing of 220 billion cubic ft of pure gasoline and 7 million barrels of condensate.
“The main target of the Raven Infills mission has been to battle pure decline and enhance manufacturing whereas maximizing our present infrastructure to satisfy Egypt’s home market demand at tempo”, Nader Zaki, BP president for the Center East and North Africa, stated in an internet assertion.
“This additional demonstrates bp’s dedication to investing in Egypt, enabled by the unparalleled assist and partnership with the Ministry of Petroleum, EGPC [Egypt General Petroleum Corp.], and EGAS [Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co.]”.
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Section 2 is a tieback of extra infill wells to Raven’s present onshore infrastructure. “Raven Infills is according to bp’s drive to ship as an easier, extra targeted, higher-value firm by maximizing manufacturing from present belongings and optimizing useful resource effectivity”, the corporate stated.
Section 1 started manufacturing some 4 years in the past. Saying start-up April 21, 2021, BP stated the primary section had an anticipated peak manufacturing of 900 million commonplace cubic ft of gasoline per day and 30,000 barrels a day of condensate.
Raven is a part of the West Nile Delta mission, which includes 5 fields throughout the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean deepwater concessions. BP holds an 82.75 % stake within the West Nile Delta. Harbour Power PLC, additionally a British firm, owns the remaining 17.25 %. The minority stake is amongst belongings acquired by Harbour in its $11.2 billion buy final 12 months of the non-Russian upstream operations of Germany’s Wintershall Dea AG, now Wintershall Dea GmbH.
On February 6, 2025, BP introduced a discovery within the North King Mariout Offshore Concession by means of the El King-2 exploration effectively, a part of a West Nile Delta four-slot drilling marketing campaign.
The effectively encountered two potential Messinian reservoirs at a measured depth of about 2,400 meters (7,874.02 ft), in line with BP.
“This discovery additional underscores our continued dedication to discover and appraise for gasoline sources that assist Egypt’s vitality safety and financial development”, Zaki stated.
The drilling rig, Valaris DS-12 rig, was scheduled to proceed to drill the Fayoum-5 exploration effectively within the North Alexandria concession.
West Nile Delta, a $9 billion growth, is producing at practically one billion cubic ft a day, BP says on its web site.
Elsewhere in Egypt, BP is a co-venturer within the East Nile Delta with Pharaonic Petroleum Co. and Petrobel.
BP says it produces about 60 % of Egypt’s gasoline by means of East Nile Delta and West Nile Delta.
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