Egypt's Western Desert stays accessible to foreign operators

Journal Article · Mon Jun 20 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7118259

Egypt's Western Desert is still the most prospective region, easily accessible to foreign oil companies, along the southern rim of the Mediterranean Sea. International companies and a band of independents have put the vast Desert region high on their list of priorities following a series of small but profitable oil finds in the area. A network of crude pipelines linking the largest discoveries has made development of new finds easier. The next stage of the hydrocarbon infrastructure, a major gas pipeline into Alexandria, has started. In production terms, the Western Desert is still only a sideshow compared with the Gulf of Suez, which provides the bulk of Egypt's 880,000 b/d production. Output from the Western Desert is running at around 54,600 b/d, and production from present developed fields is set to rise to a peak of nearly 70,000 b/d over the next 18 months. But the small structures will start to decline quickly, and by 1991 production from the fields already under development will fall back to around 50,000 b/d.

• OSTI ID: 7118259
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 86:25; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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