
Kuwait Energy Egypt kicks off 2021 Abu Sennan drilling campaign
Kuwait Energy Egypt has commenced its 2021 drilling campaign with the spudding of the ASH-3 development well in Egypt’s Abu Sennan license on Jan. 4, said partner United Oil & Gas PLC in a Jan. 5 release. ASH-3 is a vertical well targeting the producing Alam El Bueib (AEB) reservoirs at a depth of 3,600-3,950 […]

United O&G announces completion of Abu Sennan ASH gas pipeline
ASH gas pipeline completed on 27th December, contributing an additional 5.45 MMscf/d (1,090 boepd) gross Gas recovery rates improved across the Abu Sennan Licence Environmental performance enhanced across the Licence AIM-listed United Oil & Gas has announced the completion of the ASH gas pipeline in the Abu Sennan Licence, Egypt. United holds a 22% working […]

EDC-50 rig contracted for Abu Sennan ASH-3 well in Egypt’s Western Desert
Kuwait Energy Egypt and Abu Sennan license partners let a contract for the EDC-50 rig to drill the ASH-3 well in Egypt’s Western Desert. ASH-3 will target producing Alam El Bueib (AEB) reservoirs in an area of ASH field updip of the ASH-2 production well, which came onstream at the beginning of the year and […]

United Oil & Gas upgrades reserves of Egypt’s Abu Sennan Concession
Highlights 13,900 boepd gross (3,060 boepd net working interest) average production from the Abu Sennan concession for the first half of June – a 69% increase compared to average April production (1,810 boepd net) Total production during that period has benefited from the ongoing testing of the El Salmiya-5 Well, with c. 4,000 bopd and […]

United O&G reports successful Salmiyah-5 development well in Abu Sennan concession
Total of over 120m net pay across four hydrocarbon-bearing intervals encountered by El Salmiyah-5 well on Abu Sennan concession – main target potentially materially larger than previously believed Flow rates of 4,100 bopd, with 18 mmscf/d gas (c. 8,700 boepd in total) achieved from Kharita Reservoir during well-testing United’s net production from the Abu Sennan […]

United Oil & Gas announces completion of Rockhopper Egypt acquisition
United Oil & Gas, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration and development company, has announced the satisfaction of the regulatory conditions attached to its proposed acquisition of Rockhopper Egypt, which holds a 22% interest in the producing Abu Sennan field, from Rockhopper Exploration. This follows receipt of the written consents from EGPC and the […]

United Oil & Gas provides update on Abu Sennan, Rockhopper acquisition
AIM-listed United Oil & Gas has provided an update on the proposed acquisition of Rockhopper Egypt from Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Egypt holds a 22% non-operating interest in the producing Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt. This update provides further detail regarding the ASH-2 well which was recently drilled at Abu Sennan, current production at Abu Sennan and […]

New discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert to produce 7000 bopd, 10 mmcfd of gas
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on Thursday announced a new oil discovery in the Western Desert where an average of 7,000 barrels of crude oil and 10 million cubic feet of gas are envisaged to be produced on daily basis. The oil discovery, in the Western Desert’s Abu Sennan, an area near the […]

Rockhopper provides operational update on Abu Sennan concession in Egypt
Rockhopper Exploration has provided an operational update in relation to the Abu Sennan concession, Egypt. Through Rockhopper Egypt, Rockhopper holds a 22% working interest in Abu Sennan. ASH-2 The commitment well, ASH-2, was spudded on 21 October 2019, and reached total depth of 4,030m measured depth (‘MD’) in the Alam El Bueib Formation on 22 […]

United Oil & Gas raises $6.3 million to fund Rockhopper Egypt acquisition
United Oil conditionally raises USD 6.3 million to partially fund Rockhopper Egypt acquisition: Irish energy company United Oil & Gas has conditionally raised USD 6.3 million to partially finance its planned USD 16 million acquisition of Rockhopper Egypt’s business, United Oil said in an LSE disclosure. The company raised the amount through a share issuance, […]