Scarab-Saffron Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BG Group
- Country: Egypt
- Location: West Delta Deep Marine concession in the Nile Delta
- Production start: 2003
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Original Estimated Reserves: four trillion cubic feet of very high quality gas
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Scarab/Saffron field, located in the West Delta Deep Marine concession in the Nile Delta, has estimated reserves in excess of four trillion cubic feet of very high quality gas.
- Eight wells are connected to a manifold with 24-in & 36-in pipelines to onshore terminal & Electro-hydraulic umbilical connect the trees to the onshore control room
- The daily contract quantity will be 530 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, over a period of at least 17 years.
- Gas is supplied to the ELNG IDCO LNG Terminal
+++ Contractors
- **Stolt Offshore:** Pipeline installation
- **Rosetti Marino:** EPC Subsea Templates ＆ Manifolds
- **Enppi:** FEED scope by INTEC supported by Enppi’s engineering specialists (pipeline, instrumentation & offshore structures)
- **Manatee:** Oversight of the engineering, procurement, construction and testing of the subsea facilities
- **Nexans:** Chemical Umbilical, E/H Umbilical and Infield Umbilical
+++ History
- 1998 - Three exploration and appraisal wells were successfully tested
- 1999 - Project go ahead given following sales agreement with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
- 2003 - First gas produced
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Rosetti Marino - Scarab Saffron project
- ENPPI Offshore Platform References
- Nexans Norway Umbilical References
- Serimax Africa Pipeline References
- BG International announces gas discovery offshore Egypt
- BG International announces largest gas field development in Egypt
- BG Group Delivers First Gas from Scarab Saffron fields in Egypt
