VOL. XLVI

No 25

23-June-2003

EGYPT

BG Announces New Gas Find In Offshore Rosetta Concession

BG and partners Shell Egypt and Edison International announced on 17 June the successful completion of the Rosetta-11 exploration well in the offshore Nile Delta Rosetta Concession. BG said that the Rosetta-11 well marks a Pliocene gas discovery in a new field, Rashid North, 20km northeast of the Rosetta field. Rosetta-11 was drilled to a depth of 1,605ms in a water depth of 160ms and was suspended as a...