BP Egypt makes natural gas, condensate find in Egypt's western Nile Delta

BP Egypt found natural gas and condensate off Egypt in the western Nile Delta with its Raven 1 exploration well.

March 26, 2004

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Mar. 26 -- BP Egypt found natural gas and condensate off Egypt in the western Nile Delta with its Raven 1 exploration well. The well, drilled northwest of Rosetta, 40 km off Egypt in 650 m of water, is in the North Alexandria concession. Raven 1 tested at 37.4 MMscfd of gas and 741 b/d of condensate.

Raven 1 is the second of a three-well program BP is operating in the Nile Delta.

BP operates the North Alexandria concession with 60% working interest; Germany's RWE DEA holds the remaining interest in the block.