VOL. XLII

No. 31

2-August-1999

EGYPT

BG Makes New Deep Water Gas Discovery; Egypt And Turkey SignAnother Gas Protocol

BG Egypt announced on 28 July a new gas discovery followingthe successful testing of an exploration well in the offshore West Delta DeepMarine concession. The Simian-1 exploration well tested at a rate of 44mn cu.ft/d at a water depth of 590ms. A company statement said that the well痴 flowrate was restricted by the testing conditions. This represents the sixth wellwhich has...