Apache announces three new oil and gas discoveries in Egypt's Western Desert

摘要

Apache Corporation announced drilling success with three new discovery wells in Egypt's Western Desert. The well NRQ 3151-1X, an Alamein Basin discovery located in the North Ras Qattara Concession, test-flowed at a combined rate of 1625 b and 18.7 million ft3 (530,000 m3) of natural gas per day from two intervals in the Jurassic Lower Safa Formation, the deepest production established to date in the Western Desert producing province. Logging operations confirmed 30 m of pay sands, including the Cretaceous Upper Bahariya, the Jurassic Zahra, the Upper Safa, and the Lower Safa.