LNG

May 11 (LNGJ) - BP of the UK said it had started natural gas production from the first two fields of the West Nile Delta development in Egypt. The West Nile Delta venture and the Zohr gas project in the East Mediterranean are expected to lessen current Egyptian dependence on LNG to meet domestic demand. The project was delivered eight months ahead of schedule and the first gas was delivered to Egypt’s national grid. “The commissioning of all nine wells of the development’s first two fields and ramp up to stable operations has now been completed,” said BP. When fully onstream in 2019, combined production from both West Nile projects is expected to reach around 1.5 billion cubic feet a day, equivalent to about 30 percent of Egypt’s current gas production.