VOL. XXXVIIINO. 714-NOVEMBER-1994

Egypt

Banbi Inaugurates Warda Field

The production platform of the Warda field in the North Zaafarana permit inthe Gulf of Suez was inaugurated on 9 November by Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdial-Banbi, marking the start of formal output from the field at a daily rate of20,000 b/d of 26ΓΈ API crude oil. The North Zaafarana and adjoining Zaafaranapermits were awarded in February and March 1990, respectively, to a group led byBritish Gas (BG, 50% operator), and...