UK major Shell has brought online the first two wells of its three-well Phase 11 West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) project in Egypt’s offshore Mediterranean in recent weeks. The Siena DE well was brought online on 29 June, the oil ministry announced while the Sparrow West-1 came online on 10 July, with the wells adding 40mn cfd each.
“Efforts are now focused on accelerating the development of the third well in this phase, aiming for it to come online by September,” the ministry says. Phase 11 is due to add a total of 130mn cfd to output, the ministry adds, implying the third well, Sapphire SC, will add 50mn cfd. (CONTINUED - 922 WORDS)