Gupco starts production from Egypt's Saqqara field

May 22, 2008
Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co. is delivering more than 30,000 b/d of oil from offshore Egyptian Saqqara field in the Gulf of Suez and will start gas production shortly.

Uchenna Izundu
International Editor

LONDON, May 22 Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co. is delivering more than 30,000 b/d of oil from offshore Egyptian Saqqara field in the Gulf of Suez and will start gas production shortly.

Saqqara is 12.5 m in the central Gulf of Suez and was discovered in mid-2003 (OGJ Online, May 13, 2005).

The technically complex field was developed via a jacket and unmanned topsides, four wells, and a 13 km pipeline to a new dedicated onshore separation and gas processing plant at Ras Shukeir, Gulf of Suez.

It began production May 15 and has been ramped up to its current output following commissioning.

Gupco is a joint venture of BP PLC and Egyptian General Petroleum Corp.

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