By: Africa oil & gas report

Egyptian state owned Petrojet has won the contract to develop the second phase (Phase2) of the Hassi Bir Rekaiz oilfield project in Algeria.

The project is expected to increase production capacity from the current 13,000 Barrels of oil Per day (BOPD, with targets of 31,500BOPD in sub-Phase 2a and up to 63,000 BOPD in sub-Phase 2b.

Hassi Bir Rekaiz achieved first oil with the Phase 1 project in 2022.

The development includes extensive infrastructure such as a central processing facility, gathering systems, some 217kilometres of pipelines, accommodation and a new airstrip., Petrojet, which is leading the project in cooperation with Italy’s Arkad S.p.A,.is also working on joint fabrication workshops with Algeria’s Sonatrach,

The field is an onshore accumulation, covering an area of 1,916 square kilometres,
Located in the Berkine Basin, and operated by Groupement Hassi Bir Rekaiz (GHBR), a joint venture between Algeria’s state hydrocarbon firm Sonatrach and Thailand’s state owned PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP).

Petrojet, a subsidiary of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, cites itself as a regional EPC contractor providing construction and engineering services for oil, gas and infrastructure projects across the Middle East and North Africa.

In June, the company completed the manufacturing of subsea systems exported to Angola. In August 2024, Petrojet manufactured and delivered the final deep water infrastructure components including Aptara Modular Compact Manifold for the Baleine second phase development project at Côte d’Ivoire to Baker Hughes and ENI.