drilling | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 19
GPC to Produce 6,000b/d of Crude Oil in 2017
The General Petroleum Company’s (GPC) Production Manager, Ahmed El Gedawy, stated to Egypt Oil&Gas that the company has set a new plan to raise its production rate during 2017. GPC is seeking to reach nearly...
Bapetco Increased Al Abyad Gas Field Output
Badr Petroleum Company (Bapetco) increased production from Al Abyad natural gas field in the Western Desert to 140,000boe/d, according to a press release sent to Egypt Oil&Gas. Natural gas production thus increa...
Total Mulls $2b Investment in Iranian Gas Fields
French oil major Total plans to make a final investment decision (FID) on a $2b gas project in Iran by the summer, but the decision hinges on the renewal of US sanctions waivers, Reuters reported. The French firm was ...
Pura Vida to Drill Offshore Gabon
Pura Vida Energy has reached a conditional agreement with an offshore drilling contractor which will fund a three-well drilling program in the Nkembe block, offshore Gabon, Offshore Energy Today reported. Under the te...
Cairn Energy to Drill New Wells Offshore Senegal
Cairn Energy is gearing up to start the third phase of its drilling program offshore Senegal in late January, aiming to further evaluate the SNE discovery, Offshore Energy Today reported. Cairn added the company and i...
Vaalco Restored Drilling Offshore Gabon
Houston-based Vaalco Energy has reported that the South Tchibala 2-H well, offshore Gabon, is back in production after experiencing issues with the electrical submersible pump system, Offshore Energy Today reported. D...
Aminex Commenced Drilling Ntorya-2 Well
Aminex has announced the commencement of drilling on the Ntorya-2 appraisal well in the Ruvuma Basin in Tanzania, Ecofin Agency informed. Initial results from the well are expected by early 2017. The well is being dri...
Sonatrach to Boost Output with New Wells
Algerian Sonatrach’s Head, Khelil Kortobi , said that the company drill 290 wells in 2017 in comparison with 265 in 2016, with 190 will be for production and 100 for exploration, Energy World reported. Furthermore, th...
