The Faghur Basin discoveries includes the West Kalabsha-I-4 logged 79 feet of net pay in the Jurassic Safa sands and the discovery flow tested 7,150 barrels of oil per day and 11.4 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas per day.
Faghur North-1X logged 25 feet of net pay in the Safa and Paleozoic Desouqy sands for which the combined tests had a rate of 1,444 barrels of oil and 3.9 MMcf of gas per day.
Faghur South-1X logged 38 feet of net pay in Safa and Cretaceous AEB-6 sands and the discovey flow tested 2,768 barrels of oil and 4 MMcf of gas per day.
The Huni-1X logged 27 feet of net pay in the AEB-3 sands for which the test had a rate of 970 barrels per day from the AEB-3E sand.
Neith North-1X logged 20 feet of net pay in the AEB-3 sands and 57 feet of net pay in the Safa sands which is to be planned this month.
Apache’s vice president of Egypt region Tom Voytovich said the Faghur Basin continues to be a successful area for Apache, with AEB, Safa, and now Paleozoic reservoirs that have proven to be prolific oil and gas producers.
These recent discoveries support the multi-pay potential of this oil-prone area of the Western Desert and the Huni and Neith North discoveries continue Apache’s recent exploration success in the eastern area of the Faghur Basin, Voytovich added.
APA expects to commence production from the well upon approval of a development plan later in 2011.
The company has drilled eight new discoveries in the Faghur Basin and drilling is under way on three additional wells – Mandulis-1X, Neilos-1X and Faghur North-2X with eight additional exploration wells planned for the area this year.
APA’s current gross operated production in Egypt totals approximately 215,000 barrels of oil and 900 MMcf of gas per day, including 40,000 barrels of oil per day from the Faghur Basin.
Apache Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States,Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom North Sea, Australia and Argentina.
