German utility RWE Dea has announced the discovery of gas and condensate in the Disouq concession, onshore Egypt's Nile Delta.
The North Sidi Ghazi-1x well encountered a gas bearing sandstone interval of 42m column within the Upper Messinian reservoir sands. Formation evaluation confirmed the encountered section to be gas bearing with average porosity of 20%.
RWE Dea has commenced testing operation on the North Sidi Ghazi-1x well. The test results from the perforated interval revealed a flow rate of 37 million standard cubic feet per day of gas.
The concession was awarded to RWE Dea on July 2004 with a 100% interest. The Disouq Block covers an onshore area of 5,523sqkm within the densely populated farmland of the Nile Delta region of Egypt.
RWE Dea has noted that 3,500sqkm of 3D seismic has been acquired and evaluated since 2006. Plans are reportedly afoot to complete testing and perform a detailed evaluation. A second exploration well, the South Sidi Ghazi-1x, will be drilled to test another potential Messinian structure.