VOL. XLIII

No. 38

18-September-2000

EGYPT

BG International Announces Ninth Consecutive Gas Discovery AT WDDM

Britains BG International, with its partner Edison International of Italy, announced on 11 September the discovery of gas and condensate in its West Delta Deep Marine Concession (WDDM). The Sapphire-1 discovery well, spudded on 16 July, flowed at 35mn cu ft/d of gas and 1,100 b/d of condensate during drill stem testing. Visiting the concession area on 11 September, Egyptian Oil Minister...