Cika wannan jumla: An kiyasta yankin Safaga-Quseir na Gabashin Hamada yana da tanadi daidai da na man shale a wurin kuma yankin Abu Tartour na Yammacin Hamada an kiyasta yana da kusan na man shale a wurin. Tsarin Khatatba mai kaurin kafa 1000 zuwa 2000 mai wadataccen abu, jimlar abun cikin kwayoyin kusan 4%, Tsarin Khatatba a Yammacin Hamada shine tushen dutse don rijiyoyin can kuma shine tushen tushen mai da iskar gas. Apache Corporation, ta amfani da dukiyar da aka samu a 2010 daga BP bayan da
Bala'in Deepwater Horizon, shine babban mai aiki a Yammacin Hamada, sau da yawa a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da Kamfanin Man Fetur na Masar (EGPC) kamar Kamfanin Man Fetur na Khalda da Kamfanin Man Fetur na Qarun. A cikin 1996 Apache ya haɗu tare da Phoenix Resources, wanda ya yi binciken Qarun a cikin 1994, kuma ya karɓi ayyukan izinin Qarun a Masar. Apache ya haɓaka kusan 18% na kadada miliyan 10 da yake sarrafawa, a cikin 2012 yana gudanar da kayan aiki da yawa; hakowa game da 200 ci gaba da allurar rijiyoyin; da kuma kusan rijiyoyin bincike 50 tare da nasarar nasarar kusan 55%. Shirye-shiryen na 2013 sun hada da zuba jari na kimanin dala biliyan 1 a ci gaba da bincike. A ranar 29 ga Agusta 2013 Apache ya sanar da sayar da kashi 1/3 na kadarorinsa na Masar ga Sinopec na dala biliyan 3.1 da ya fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Janairu 2014; Apache zai ci gaba da kasancewa mai aiki.