Egypt’s gas output in the first half of the year was at its highest level in over four years, with May’s 5.22bn cfd the highest since 2013 (MEES, 14 July).

UK firm BP’s 1.2bn cfd West Nile Delta (WND) project came online at the end of March and Italian firm Edison’s Abu Qir field saw output rise from 170mn cfd to 270mn cfd, lifting waning gas output which had bottomed out less than a year earlier in May at 3.89bn cfd. (CONTINUED - 1731 WORDS)