据外媒6月20日伦敦报道，英国石油巨头英国石油公司(BP)日前批准了投资第一阶段开发位于埃及海上的阿托尔大气田，BP在宣布这个发现仅仅15个月以后就做出这个投资决定。
BP拒绝透露这个项目投资数并表示，阿托尔大气田有望在2018年上半年交付其第一批天然气，阿托尔大气田届时将每天向埃及市场提供3亿立方英尺天然气。
BP早在去年11月份就决定快速开发这个估计拥有1.5万亿立方英尺天然气和3100万桶凝析油储量的大气田。
原文如下：
BP approves investment in Egypt gas field 15 months after discovery
TradeArabia News Service
June 20, 2016
London
British oil major BP has approved investment in the first phase of developing the large Atoll gas field offshore Egypt, only 15 months after it first announced its discovery.
BP, which declined to give an investment figure for the project, said the field was on track to deliver its first gas in the first half of 2018, set to pump 300 million cubic feet a day of gas to the Egyptian market.
BP decided in November to fast-track the development of Atoll, estimated to contain 1.5 trillion cubic feet of gas and 31 million barrels of condensates.
