Qarun drills 10 exploratory wells in Western Desert - ENTERPRISE

Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Qarun Petroleum, a joint venture between Apache and the Egyptian General Petroleum Company, has drilled 10 exploratory wells in the Western Desert, producing a combined 5k bbl/d, the Oil Ministry said in a statement yesterday. 

This will account for 16% of the company’s total production. 

The company is now considering investing USD 237 mn during FY2019-2020 in further development projects.

Egypt Kuwait Holding’s NSCO begins production from second North Sinai well - ENTERPRISE

Monday, 2 September 2019

Egypt Kuwait Holding’s (EKH) NSCO Investments started production from its second North Sinai natural gas well on 29 August with an output of 20 mcf/d, the company said in a press release.

The new well brings the company’s total production to 75 mcf/d, a 200% increase compared to the first six months of 2019.

The company is now drilling its third well, which it expects to complete during 4Q2019. EKH started production from its first North Sinai well in July.

Eni finishes drilling ninth well in Zohr field - ENTERPRISE

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Italy’s Eni has completed drilling work on Zohr’s ninth deepwater well at a cost of USD 300 mn, according to an industry source. Early tests put initial production levels at 150 mcf/d.

The well was closed after the company finished drilling due lack of capacity at the treatment plant, but will enter production by the end of the year once the sixth gas treatment plant is completed. 

Production from the ninth well will increase Eni’s Zohr production to 2.25 bcf/d. Zohr’s total output will reportedly reach 2.95 bcf/d by the time the field’s development is complete in July 2019. 

Eni had previously estimated the field’s final output would reach 2.7 bcf/d.

US energy firm IPR announces three new oil discoveries - ENTERPRISE

Sunday, 18 March 2018

US energy firm IPR has made two new oil discoveries in the Western Desert’s Ras Qattara concession and a third in the South Disouq concession, IPR Vice President Elsayed Shahin tells Al Shorouk. 

The company, which drilled 23 wells last year, has already begun production on the first two discoveries, according to Shahin.

PetroZenima Connects Drilled Wells to Production Platforms - EGYPT OIL & GAS

Sunday, 26th March 2017

An official source at South Abu Zenima Petroleum Company (PetroZenima) stated exclusively to Egypt Oil&Gas that the company is currently implementing the plan of connecting drilled wells to production platforms.

The source added that the company has drilled eight wells in the 39km Mozhel field in the Gulf of Suez concession area.

The first and second wells were connected and began producing from 500b/d to 800b/d of oil. Additionally, the company is working on the reform of the fourth well.

Furthermore, PetroZenima is connecting the third and fifth wells to production platforms at a cost of $6m. The two wells are planned to be used to increase the field’s production. The rest of the wells will be connected soon to likely increase output and reserves of crude oil.

The source also mentioned that the company is currently conducting a seismic survey of a new exploratory well (SAZ Concession, owned by NPC Egypt) near Mozhel field with $17m of investments. 

Work starts on Leviathan field’s first phase - OIL & GAS JOURNAL

HOUSTON, MARCH/02/2017
By OGJ editors

Wood Group has begun detailed engineering for the 30,000-ton fixed platform to be installed offshore Israel to handle production from deepwater Leviathan natural gas field (OGJ Online, Feb. 23, 2017).

Operator Noble Energy Inc. has drilled two of the four wells to be completed subsea in about 5,200 ft of water during the first development phase. Each will be able to produce more than 300 MMcfd of gas.

Twin 73-mile, 18-in. flowlines will carry production to the platform, which will be set in 270 ft of water about 6 miles from shore.