Press Release, In light of the petroleum sector’s policy of speedy execution of new natural gas field development projects and linking them to production to meet the growing needs for domestic consumption, the fourth Decca deep water project in the Mediterranean Sea was put in place with an initial production rate of about 55 mct/d. This will increase initial production to 225 mct/d, and work is underway now on the fifth well. Drilling should be completed with production starting by end of next month. The Decca project is a major natural gas development project with an investment cost of about $578 million and aims to produce about 265 mct/d.