Italy’s Eni and UK’s BP have made a new natural gas discovery in the Nile Delta region, expected to produce around 50 million cubic feet of gas per day, by drilling…
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Italy’s Eni and UK’s BP have made a new natural gas discovery in the Nile Delta region, expected to produce around 50 million cubic feet of gas per day, by drilling an offshore well using advanced directional drilling technologies from onshore.
The Nidoco N-2 exploratory well was drilled in the West Abu Madi area in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate.
According to Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, the well is located around 3 km offshore in shallow waters but was drilled from onshore using directional drilling technologies aimed at reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.
Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi visited the EDC-56 drilling rig that carried out the operations and said the discovery, along with increased output from existing fields, reflected the sector’s progress in settling dues owed to foreign partners.
He said the government is targeting full clearance of outstanding dues by the
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