The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co (EGAS) has boosted its natural gas production by 330 million cubic feet per day via the linking of 4 new wells to the national grids.

These four wells are situated in the Mediterranean, Nile Delta and Western Desert Concessions owned by Eni, BP and Shell.

This new development comes after Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, in late August declared that the country is focusing on boosting its reserves and production in the oil and gas sector.He said the government is working on several aspects in addressing these issues, including extensive oil and gas exploration projects for both the onshore and offshore fields through international tenders and the Ministry intends to diversify supply to the local market by accelerating developments in the production of current finds and linking them to the domestic distribution centers, Egypt Oil and Gas reports.

According to a report issued from EGAS to El Molla, it successfully added Petrobel’s Nedoco North-West6, which has a gas production capacity of 140Mmcf/d and the Nedoco West2, with gas production capacity of 100Mmcf/d, to the national grid thereby increasing Eni’s Nooros field overall gas production to 670Mmcf/d.

EGAS also added Pharaonic Petroleum’s Taurt-8, with gas production capacity of 70Mmcf/d, as well as the Badr el Din Petroleum (BAPETCO)’s STRA3-3 well, with gas production capacity of 20Mmcf/d.

Anita Fatunji