BP approves investment in Egypt gasfield 15 months after discovery

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.