BP has announced the resumption of gas production from its latest development offshore Egypt, the Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta concession.

The field is expected to produce up to 50 million cubic feet of gas per day and it has been developed through a one-well subsea development and tie-back to existing infrastructure through BP’s joint venture, Phraonic Petroleum Company (PhPC).

The Qattameya discovery was announced in 2017. It is located approximately 45 kilometres west of the Ha’py platform in 108 metres of water. It is tied back to the Ha’py and Tuart field development through a 50 kilometres pipeline and is also connected to their existing subsea through a 50 kilometres umbilical.

Gas production from the field is sent to the national grid of the North African country and BP holds 100% equity in the North Damietta offshore concession in the East Nile Delta.

The North Africa regional president at BP, Karim Alaa said, “By building on BP’s significant ‎existing assets and infrastructure offshore Egypt, we were able to develop Qattameya ‎efficiently and economically. Creating value through high quality, efficient oil and gas ‎developments is a key part of BP’s strategy. We see this as a great example of resilient ‎hydrocarbons development.”

“We are proud to have brought this project safely onstream through an extremely ‎challenging period. Our team continues to work to support Egypt realising the potential of ‎its energy resources, adding to our track-record of delivery and enabled by our established ‎partnerships with the Egyptian petroleum sector.”