I am looking forward to the upcoming
tasks in Egypt, where DEA has already been part of the oil and gas industry for
more than 40 years,” says Dr Hans-Hermann Ecke, General Manager of DEA Egypt.
“With our Disouq natural gas project, we have recently been able to more than
double our oil and gas production in Egypt.Being the ..
operator, we are working intensively on the further development of this project.”
Dr Hans-Hermann Ecke has a PHD in
geology. He is wellexperienced in Egypt‘s upstream industry and DEA Egypt’s
E&Pprojects from his earlier employment as General Manager in the period
from 2009 to 2011. In the years followed, he headed the New Ventures department
as Senior Vice President at DEAheadquarters in Hamburg. Ecke was also posted to
Cairo as Exploration Manager and Deputy General Manager from 2001 to 2005. Ecke
has been employed in various positions at DEA since 1986.
One important task for Dr Ecke is the
upcoming realisation of the West Nile Delta project. DEA is a partner in
developing the 5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources. The total investment
volumes of theproject partners amount to around 12 billion US Dollars.
“This project is an exciting challenge.
The start of production isplanned for 2017. Until then the project will be
connected toexisting infrastructure,” states Dr Ecke. “The West Nile Delta
development is considered as of prime importance for Egypt’s energy sector. It
is expected to increase the daily Gas production in Egypt by approx. 25 per
cent,” he added. DEA holds a 40 per cent share in North Alexandria and a 20 per
cent share in West Mediterranean Deepwater. Operator and owner of the remaining
shares is BP.
Background information
DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG (change in company
name hasbeen applied for registration) is an international operator in the
field of exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil based in
Hamburg. Its focus is on safe, sustainable and environmental conscious
exploitation of oil and gas. DEA has 116 years of experience working along the
whole upstream value-chain as operator or project partner.
DEA with a staff force of 1,440 employees
has stakes in production facilities and concessions in Germany, the UK, Norway,
Denmark, Egypt and Algeria and currently holds exploration concessions in
Ireland, Libya, Poland, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turkmenistan.
Moreover, in Germany, DEA also operates large subsurface storage facilities for
natural gas.
