North El Sallum Offshore has been identified as one of the 12 blocks recently signed-up (DEA 23 Jun '20). BP (op, 90%) + partner Tharwa secured this contract understood to correspond to block 1 which was expected to be offered under the cancelled West Mediterranean round (DEA 20 Jan '20). It lies at the junction between the N. Egypt + Herodotus basins, Mediterranean Ridge and Jabal Akhdar Uplift and is considered frontier.
Among the recent exploration agreements signed between the Egyptian state-agency EGAS and IOCs for the exploration of gas in the Med. Sea, BP (90%) with partner Tharwa (10%) has been awarded the North El Sallum Offshore block. It is understood that the block corresponds to Block 1 expected to be on offer as part of the West Med. Sea Bid Round canceled in early Q1 2020. The block, which lies at the junction between the Northern Egypt Basin, Herodotus Basin, Mediterranean Ridge and Jabal Akhdar Uplift is a frontier area. 