VOL. XLVI

No 45

10-November-2003

EGYPT

BP/RWE Dea Announce Ruby-2 Gas Discovery Offshore Alexandria

BP and RWE Dea on 31 October announced the Ruby-2 gas discovery located 60km offshore Alexandria in the West Mediterranean Deep Water concession. BP (80% operator) and RWE Dea (20%) drilled to a water depth of 764ms, using a semi-submersible drilling rig. The appraisal well successfully tested and flowed gas at a rate of 25.5mn cfd from a Mid-Pliocene age reservoir play at a depth of 1,931ms. The...