First output for Dana Gas at Egyptian fields

Pumping up output: Dana Gas expands Egypt production by 10%

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Bill Lehane

 05 March 2013 12:31 GMT

Dana Gas has kicked off production from Egyptian field pair West Sama and Allium, raising the explorer’s output in Egypt by 10%.

Production from two wells, West Sama 1 and Allium 1, is expected to add 20 million cubic feet per day, or 3450 barrels of oil equivalent per day, around 10% of Dana Gas’ Egyptian output at year-end of 32,000 boe per day.

Dana Gas Egypt general manager Patrick Allman-Ward credited the short two-month timeframe from initial testing to bringing the wells online to their onshore locations “where tie-ins to our existing pipelines and processing infrastructure can be made quickly, relatively inexpensively and ensures a high return”.

West Sama-1 is producing to the company’s South El Manzala gas plant and Allium-1 has…

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