Two New Wells Were Put on Production in Baltim Field

The exploration wells, Baltim Southwest-1 and Baltim Southwest-2, in the Nile Delta region have been placed on production with a rate of around 190 million cubic feet per day and about 1300 barrels of condensate per day, as part of the Ministry of Petroleum's work program to increase gas production rates.

This came in a report received by Engineer Tarek El- Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on the executive position of the Baltim Gas Field Development Project.

This discovery was achieved in the Medgaz concession area within the development contract of South Baltim at a depth of 25 meters and an area away from Nidoko-11 area by about 18 kilometers. The initial plan for the field includes drilling and completion of 6 wells and the installation of a offshore platform and a new production line with a diameter of 26 inches and a length of 30 km to transfer production to the processing area.

Petrobel implemented the project and put it on production within only 20 months from the date of adoption of the plan of action by the partners in February 2018, where the completion of the manufacture and installation of a marine platform weighing about 2400 The first and second wells were put on production during June 2019 and the drilling and completion of wells commenced in June 2019.

In September and October 2019, drilling is underway for the third well as part of the development plan to be completed and put on production.

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