Reggane Nord gas project in Algeria starts drilling development

The Reggane Nord consortium that includes RWE Dea has commenced development drilling at the gas project in the Algerian Sahara.

26 development wells are planned for the first drilling campaign. The start of gas production is scheduled for summer 2017, RWE Dea informed in a statement.

The first development well KL-39 was spudded end of January, with KCA Deutag Rig T-211. It’s the first of a total of 26 development wells, which are planned to be completed during the first drilling campaign. Further production wells are foreseen in the course of the development of this project.

Among the 26 development wells, 21 wells are expected to be drilled, completed and put into production until the first gas date. Another 5 wells are planned to be drilled and added to production afterwards. The production phase of the project is expected to span more than 25 years.

The Reggane Nord project comprises the gas fields of Reggane, Azrafil Sud-Est, Kahlouche, Kahlouche Sud, Tiouliline and Sali. The Groupement Reggane-Nord partners are RWE Dea AG with its 19.5%-share, the Algerian enterprise Sonatrach (40%), Repsol from Spain (29.25%), and Edison from Italy (11.25%).

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