Kuwait Energy Egypt completes Abu Sennan ASH-3 development well
Kuwait Energy Egypt finished drilling the ASH-3 development well in ASH field in the Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt, said partner United Oil & Gas PLC in a Feb. 15 release. ASH-3 spudded on Jan. 4 and reached 4,087 m MD TD (3,918m TVDSS) on Feb. 8, 5 days ahead of schedule and under budget. […]
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 […]
Eni announces new oil discovery and production in Egypt’s Western Desert
New oil resources discovered in the Western Desert of Egypt with a new exploration well in Meleiha Concession. The new discovery adds 10,000 barrels of oil per day to the current Concession production. Eni announces a new oil discovery, in Meleiha Concession, in the Western Desert of Egypt. The discovery was achieved through the Arcadia […]
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 […]
Egypt’s Cabinet approves three E&P Agreements with Eni, BP, Enpedco
Three bills that authorize the Oil Ministry to sign oil exploration contracts earned cabinet signoff. IEOC, Eni’s joint venture with the EGPC, and Russian firm Lukoil will explore and develop the Meleiha concession in the Western Desert, while a second contract between the EGPC and BP for the South Ghareb Offshore concession in the Gulf […]
AustinBridgeporth: Egypt’s Buried Secrets – The Horus-1 eFTG Survey
By Mark Davies, and Gary Barnes, AustinBridgeporth (GEO ExPro October 2020 Issue) The first outing of the world’s most sophisticated airborne gravity gradiometer has already yielded fascinating insights into the unexplored Egyptian subsurface. In today’s rich smörgåsbord of exploration technology, we rarely get to witness a significant leap forward in instrumentation advancement. Nonetheless, this is […]
Apache can spend up to $900 mn at its Western Desert concessions this year
US oil and gas producer Apache could spend as much as USD 900 million at its Western Desert oil concessions this fiscal year if oil prices mount a recovery, Al Mal reports, citing a senior official at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). The company spent some USD 840 million in Egypt last fiscal year […]
Eni announces new oil discovery at SW Meleiha, in Egypt’s Western Desert
Eni announces the discovery of new oil resources in the Western Desert of Egypt with a new exploration well in the South West Meleiha Concession. Production in the Concession started just one year ago and is now in excess of 12,000 bopd. Eni announces the successful drilling of the SWM-A-6X well, in the South West […]
Carlyle, Cairn-backed group, Dragon Oil in running to acquire Shell Egypt onshore assets
Private equity firm Carlyle Group and a consortium backed by Cairn Energy are in the running to acquire Shell’s onshore assets in Egypt, Reuters reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. Previous reports had indicated that Cairn Energy was part of a consortium that initially included Cheiron and Pharos Energy, until Pharos withdrew […]
