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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Khalda Petroleum Company (KPC), a JV between US independent Apache Corp. and state-run Egyptian oil and gas firm EGPC, launched the Hydra Gas Development project at its Hydra pressured gas condensate field in Egypt’s Western Desert.
The field is located south of Khalda’sObayied gas plant and to the north of Qasr field,approximately 8km to the southwest of the pipeline that runs from the Shams manifold to Obayied gas plant.
Due to a decline in Qasr field deliveries to Obayied gas plant, the Hydra Gas Development project was established to enable Khalda to sustain the current gas deliverables prior to Qasr compression project by producing gases up to 160Mmcf/d.
Aiding Khalda was Genesis Oil & Gas Company (GOGC) who was contracted by Apache to perform engineering and procurement support. Petrojet was awarded a construction and installation contract.The project was divided in three stages; the first two phases involved installing Hydra facilities, which accommodate the fluids only in early field life, where the pressures are sufficiently high to free flow to the host facilities.
Phase threetargeted compression and required the installation of a compressor and its associated equipment, such as KO drum, cooler, auxiliaries, and instrument air and nitrogen packages.
Uganda awarded Nigerian firmOranto Petroleum Limited (OPL) two licenses in the Ngassa area. The East African country’s energy minister – Irene Muloni – speaking to reporters,said that the licenses cover the Ngassa Shallow and Ngassa Deeper areas under Lake Albert.
“Oranto will pay royalty based on the gross total daily production in barrels of oil. The rate of royalty [will vary] from 5.5% to 18%,” Muloni said.
The Ngassa block, according to ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, was initially part of the EA2 which is licensed to Tullow Uganda. The ministry says the area is covered with 2D and 3D seismic data acquired in 2003 and 2008.
“Since the structure lies entirely under the lake, two deviated wells – Ngassa 1 and Ngassa 2 – were drilled on land at the periphery of the main structure in 2007 and 2009respectively in order to access reservoirs. Both gas and oil were encountered by the two wells,” according to a statement from the Energy ministry.It adds: “a larger part of the structure still remains untested, hence the need to relicense it.”
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