Karim Alaa, Country Manager for BP Egypt will be appointed as BP’s Senior Vice President for North Africa succeeding Hesham Mekawi, effective 1 July 2020.

After completing the drilling operations of their first well, Baltim SW-1, British Petroleum (BP) and Italy’s Eni have estimated the reserves in their concession area in South Baltim to equal almost 700bcf of extractable gas.

Egypt's Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, received British Petroleum’s (BP) CEO Production, Bernard Looney, and Regional President of BP North Africa, Hesham Mekawi, in the presence of the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, in April, to discuss the company's growing activities in the oil and gas industry in the country.