VOL. XLIV

No. 07

12-February-2001

EGYPT

BG Commences Commercial OperationsFrom Rosetta

The UKs BG Group (operator with40% equity) and its partners Shell (40%) and Edison international (20%)announced on 5 February that commercial operations have begun at their Rosettaconcession offshore in the Nile Delta, where production will eventually rise to275mn cu ft/day of gas for a period of 20 years. The Rosetta gas, supplied tothe state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) under a 25-year...