SDX Egyptian Campaign Ends on a High

North Africa-focused explorer SDX found gas with well SD-3X in two horizons, it said July 23. The well was drilled to a total depth of 7,842 feet and encountered 32.6 feet of net conventional natural gas pay in the Abu Madi and Kafr el Sheik horizons. SDX will first complete and test before producing gas from Abu Madi; and then re-enter to complete and produce from Kafr el Sheik, it said. 

CEO Paul Welch said: "With our drilling activities completed, we will now focus on the completion of the South Disouq processing facility and pipeline infrastructure with a view to achieving first production by the end of 2018."

Assuming a successful test in the Abu Madi, it is anticipated that the well will be connected to the infrastructure located adjacent to the original SD-1X discovery. 

Welch said the discovery of gas in both the Abu Madi and Kafr el Sheik horizons was "a very positive outcome for the SD-3X well.  As demonstrated by the Ibn Yunus discovery earlier this year, the Kafr el Sheik horizon is an excellent quality productive sequence.  The SD-3X discovery has confirmed that this horizon is extensively present throughout the concession. We will now analyse the data from all four wells drilled in the South Disouq campaign, as well as reprocessing and inverting the existing 3D seismic we have on the concession. Upon interpretation of this data, and completion of the new 3-D survey later this year, we expect to identify further Abu Madi and Kafr el Sheik prospectivity for drilling in 2019 and 2020."