The first well of the Baltim gas field was put into production at a rate of 100 million cubic feet per day

The first well of the Baltim gas field in the southwest is located in the gull zone, in the shallow waters of the Nile Delta, 12 km from the coast and 10 km from the gulf. an initial production rate of approximately 100 million cubic feet of gas per day via a marine production platform. Connected to the Abu Madi ground station by a 44-kilometer pipeline.

Production of the field will reach 500 million cubic feet per day after the completion of the field development program, which includes drilling five wells by the second quarter of next year.

This came in the report received by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on the executive position of the Baltim Gas Project and the development of the first well on the production and development program.

Production will be divided between the oil authority and the contractor (ENI Italy and BP) according to the production sharing rates set by the oil agreements.

The operating company is Belaim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) on behalf of the Petroleum Authority and Eni and BP.