Wintershall Dea produces first gas at East Damanhur block in Egypt
Wintershall Dea, together with its partners, has produced the first gas at the ED2-X well at the East Damanhur block in the onshore Nile Delta in Egypt, it announced on October 30.
Dawn Summers, Wintershall Dea's COO, said, "Bringing this well into production safely and efficiently enables us to deliver additional energy at a time when it is much needed in Egypt."
The ED-2X ST1 well is located about 3km from the Disouq field, where Wintershall Dea and EGAS are producing natural gas in the DISOUCO joint venture. The well was tied back to the Disouq facilities within two months and is currently delivering a production of around 10mn ft3/day.
The licensees, operator Wintershall Dea (40%) and partners Cheiron Energy (40%) and INA (20%), as well as EGAS, started exploring at East Damanhur in 2021 and announced a gas discovery in the ED-2X ST1 well in January 2023.