RWE Dea Completes Three Gas Appraisal Wells in Egypt

RWE Dea has completed three appraisal wells in the Egyptian Sidi Salem South East-1 and Sidi Salem South East-2 gas fields from March to May 2014, the company announced on Monday.

The company aims de-risking reserves and reducing uncertainties of the Late Miocene Abu Madi reservoir prior to production.

The two Sidi Salem South East Fields lie approximately 20 km south-west from the Disouq Central Treatment Plant (CTP) at North Sidi Ghazy Field.

The first appraisal well Sidi Salem South East-2-3 (SSSE) encountered a gas-down-to at -2647 m, some 33 m deeper than the gas-down-to seen in the SSSE-2x well. The second appraisal well SSSE-2-2, targeted the northern field extension and again encountered a gas-down-to at -2632 m.

Meanwhile, RWE Dea Egypt received internal approval to drill a further three near-field exploitation wells in the Disouq Development Lease.

“The addition of these wells shows RWE Dea’s continuing commitment to add reserves to its Disouq Development Project”, said Maximilian Fellner, RWE Dea Egypt's General Manager.

He went on to comment that "through our partnership with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company we want to boost the gas production beyond the currently planned production target of 100 MMSCFD to meet the ever-growing energy demands of Egypt".

This next phase of drilling, which targets again the Late Miocene Abu Madi Formation, will follow on immediately after the completion of the Disouq-1-3 well, the company said.