BP has made a gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in Egypt’s East Nile Delta, its third in the block, it said this week.
The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961 metres in water depth of around 108 metres, the company said.
“This latest discovery confirms our belief that the Nile Delta is a world-class basin,” BP chief executive Bob Dudley said in a statement.
The well is 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Damietta city in northern Egypt. BP has 100% equity in the discovery.
BP produces around 40% of Egypt’s total gas.
