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BG Group is the largest producer of gas in Tunisia, supplying over 60% of Tunisia’s domestic gas production through the Miskar and Hasdrubal operations.

Hasdrubal ramp up to full production

Key dates

1989
Tenneco assets acquired

1996
Miskar field first production

2009
Hasdrubal field onstream

E&P

Miskar

Gas from the Miskar field (100% BG Group) is processed at the BG Group-operated Hannibal plant and sold into the Tunisian gas system. BG Group has a gas sales contract with the Tunisian state electricity and gas company, Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG), which gives BG Group the right to supply up to 200 mmscfd from Miskar on a long-term basis. Offshore compression was commissioned in 2005 to maintain the production plateau of the field. Six infill wells have been drilled between 2007 and 2010. A 60 kilometre condensate pipeline was completed in 2007 to transport Miskar condensate from Hannibal to the La Skhira storage terminal. The condensate is mainly exported to the international market.

Hasdrubal

Hasdrubal (BG Group 50%, Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP) 50%) came onstream in 2009. With Hasdrubal, net BG Tunisia production (Miskar and Hasdrubal) has increased from 30 000 boed to around 45 000 boed.

The Hasdrubal onshore gas processing facility (BG Group 50%, ETAP 50%) and LPG production facility (100% BG Group) have been built adjacent to the Hannibal plant. Gas is sold to STEG while liquids and LPG are exported or sold in the local market. Production is presently delivered from three wells through an offshore unmanned platform to dedicated offtake facilities. A BG Group 100%-owned LPG storage terminal has been constructed in Gabès to receive and export butane and propane. Two 6 inch 130 kilometre parallel pipelines will deliver LPG to the terminal from Hasdrubal commencing September 2011.

Amilcar permit

BG Group is operator and joint permit holder with ETAP, the Tunisian state-owned company, of the 1 016 square kilometre Amilcar exploration permit, offshore Sfax in the Gulf of Gabès. This permit is currently due to expire in December 2011.