BP has concluded a two-well infill drilling campaign at its Raven field offshore Alexandria in the Egyptian Mediterranean. Subsea commissioning activities are ongoing with 200mn cfd output due to be brought online next month, the Petroleum Ministry announced on 12 January. This should boost output to 600mn cfd from the UK firm’s West Nile Delta (WND) project, of which Raven is by far the largest element. Output had dwindled to 400mn cfd in recent months (MEES, 22 November 2024), whilst Mediterranean condensate output – of which Raven is the key contributor – has near-halved to 34,000 b/d from 60,000 b/d at the start of 2023. The two new wells are slated to provide a 10,000 b/d condensate boost.
But in advance of the new Raven wells, Shell has already added 86mn cfd to production at its West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) project, taking total output to 286mn cfd, with the start-up of two of the three wells drilled last year as part of Phase 10. Egyptian officials’ hopes of a 160mn cfd Phase 10 increment now look optimistic. (CONTINUED - 815 WORDS)
