Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession (Egypt)

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Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession is an operating oil and gas concession in Egypt.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Concession-level project details for Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Alam El Shawish West	Operating	Cheiron	Neptune Energy (25.0%); Cheiron (20.0%); North Petroleum International Company S.A (35.0%); Capricorn Energy (20.0%)	–	–	2010	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	3.64	million bbl	2021	​
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	6484.78	million m³	2021	​
hydrocarbons	2P reserves	66	million boe	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	crude oil and condensate	10.21	million bbl/y	2015
production	gas	857.85	million m³/y	2015

Location

Table 4: Concession-level location details for Alam El Shawish West Oil and Gas Concession

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Alam el-Shawish West Concession	Onshore, Egypt	Onshore	30.0916, 28.1679 (approximate)

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