SDX Energy makes onshore discovery in Egypt
Drilling at the Sobhi well encountered 108 ft net of high-quality gas-bearing sands, with an average porosity of 20%, near the base of the Kafr El Sheikh formation.
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Drilling at the Sobhi well encountered 108 ft net of high-quality gas-bearing sands, with an average porosity of 20%, near the base of the Kafr El Sheikh formation.
The oil was discovered in the exploratory Natator well in the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block.
The data covers the company’s Welwitschia Deep prospect and Marula lead.
Initial recoverable resource estimates put the discovery at between 26 and 97 million boe.
The Monument exploration well found approximately 200 ft (c. 60 m) of net oil pay with good reservoir characteristics in Paleogene sandstone.
The company, under contract to TGS, has completed the offshore 'seep-hunting' surface geochemical analysis and geotechnical campaign of the MSGBC Basin.
A client of SeaBird Exploration has cancelled two OBN surveys off West Africa due to the Covid-19 situation.
The new deadline for the closing date of Lebanon's ongoing second offshore exploration licensing round is 1 June 2020.
The latest Kwanza Shelf survey will provide key data for the Angolan 2021 Licence Round.
The 5600 km2 survey will be undertaken over 90 days and is an extension of Atlantic Margin surveys acquired between 2017 and 2019.
ANP announced the suspension in compliance with a request from the country's Ministry of Mines and Energy.
The project is due to commence in 2Q20 and last approximately 3 months.