BP has announced gas production from the Raven field, off the Mediterranean coast in Egypt. This is the third stage of its major West Nile Delta (WND).

The WND development consists of five (5) gas fields across the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater offshore concession blocks in the Mediterranean Sea. Together with its partners and the Ministry of Petroleum, BP has developed the WND in three stages.

Raven is currently producing approximately 600 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d). At its peak, the field has the potential to produce 900 mmscf/d and 30,000 barrels per day of condensate.

The Raven field follows the Taurus/Libra project which started production in 2017 and the Giza/Fayoum project which started in 2019. The field produces gas to a new onshore processing facility, alongside the existing West Nile Delta (WND) onshore processing plant.

BP is the operator of the field with an 82.75% stake in the West Nile Delta development and Wintershall Dea holds the remaining 17.25% interest.

The Chief Executive of BP, Bernard Looney, said: “Completing this major multi-stage development in the face of many challenges is testament to bp’s long-term commitment to Egypt and our excellent working relationships with partners and the Government. West Nile Delta will make an important contribution to meeting Egypt’s growing energy needs, by providing a cost-competitive and resilient gas supply from the country’s own resources.”

The company’s regional president for North Africa, Karim Alaa, added: “The safe start-up of Raven in an extremely difficult period would not have been possible without commitment and close co-operation from the team. Working together with the Ministry of Petroleum and our partners we can now explore the potential use of the West Nile Delta facilities for developing future infill and nearby exploration opportunities.”

In total, the WND development includes twenty-five (25) wells producing gas to the onshore processing plant via three long-distance subsea tie-backs. The onshore facilities, which includes the new Raven facility, now have a total gas processing capacity of around 1.4 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day. All gas produced is fed into Egypt’s national grid.

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