Sapphire Gas Field (Egypt)

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Sapphire Gas Field is an operating gas field in Egypt.

Along with 14 other assets (listed on West Delta Deep Marine Oil and Gas Project (Egypt)), Sapphire Gas Field is a part of the West Delta Deep Marine Oil and Gas Project (Egypt).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Sapphire Gas Field

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
Sapphire	Operating	Rashpetco	–	2000	–	2005	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Sapphire Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	EUR	82118.08	million m³	2010	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Sapphire Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Egypt	Offshore	32.0226, 30.3649 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the West Delta Deep Marine complex:

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