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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
company to add 5,200 barrels per day of new production in Egypt’s
Western Desert. The company is pushing Jurassic, Cretaceous and
Paleozoic plays farther south and westward in the Faghur Basin.
“Neilos-2”, Apache’s latest Faghur Basin well, test- flowed 6301
barrels of oil, and 4.2 million cubic feet of gas per day. The well, 800
m north from the “Neilos-1X” discovery, was drilled to appraise the
north flank of the Neilos Field and logged about 10 m of net pay in
the Jurassic Safa reservoir
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Kuwait Energy PLC and its partner, the Egyptian General
Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), announced a new oil discovery,
the “El Salmiya-1” well, in the Abu Sennan concession located
in the Western Desert in Egypt. The company said that this is
the fourth exploration success in the Abu Sennan concession.
The “El Salmiya-1” well initial testing showed commercial flow
rates of 400 barrels of oil per day at the level of the Abu Roash “E”
member, while the Abu Roash “C” member level showed rates of
2500 barrels of oil per day and 17 million standard cubic feet of gas
per day. The total tested flow rate was approximately 5,600 barrels of
oil equivalent per day. This discovery brings the total number of oil,
gas, and condensate discoveries made by Kuwait Energy in Egypt,
since 2008, to 16 discoveries, four of which were made in Area A.
Kuwait Energy has previously announced in early 2012, a new oil
discovery in Egypt
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area, A concession. The company said that the newly discovered well
was drilled to 2,110 m depth. The initial test recorded a flow rate of
890 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the Kareem Formation
level. Kuwait Energy is the operator of Area A and holds a 70%
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Oil Voice, 26/3/2012
