Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum has started natural gas production at Silva field at phase 9b of its west delta deep marine (WDDM) concession in the Mediterranean Sea starting from 1 November.
Silva field is producing an average of 60-80 million cubic feet of gas per day, according to a statement on Thursday.
This is the third well to be put in production within a month following the start of production at Sapphire East and Swan East wells in October.
Burullus Gas Company, which undertakes operations at the project on behalf of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Royal Dutch Shell, has put the three wells in production, increasing the total capacity of the three wells to about 240 million cubic feet of gas per day.
By March 2020, the other three remaining wells at phase 9b are scheduled to start producing 170 million cubic feet of gas per day.
It is noteworthy that total investments in the project amount to more than $600 million.
