Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nzvimbo yeSafaga-Quseir yeEastern Desert inofungidzirwa kuti ine zviwanikwa zvakaenzana nezve in-nzvimbo shale mafuta uye nzvimbo yeAbu Tartour yeWestern Desert inofungidzirwa kuti ine in-nzvimbo shale mafuta. Makumbo 1000 kusvika ku2000 makobvu uye akapfuma mune zvakasikwa, huwandu hwese hwezvinhu zvakasikwa hweanenge 4%, Khatatba Kuumbwa muWestern Desert ndiko kunobva dombo rematsime imomo uye kunogona kuve sosi yemafuta eshale negasi reshale. Apache Corporation, ichishandisa zvinhu zvikuru zvakawanikwa muna 2010 kubva kuBP mushure mekuparadzwa kweDeepwater Horizon
, ndiye mukuru anoshanda muWestern Desert, kazhinji mumubatanidzwa pamwe neEgyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) yakadai seKhalda Petroleum Company neQarun Petroleum Company. Muna 1996 Apache yakabatana nePhoenix Resources, iyo yakanga yawana Qarun muna 1994, uye yakatora mashandiro eKarun Concession muEgypt. Apache yakagadzira anenge 18% emamiriyoni gumi emaeka ayo anodzora, muna 2012 achimhanya makumi maviri ema rigs; kuchera anenge 200 ekuvandudza uye majekiseni matsime; uye anenge 50 ekutsvaga matsime ane chiyero chekubudirira kweanenge 55%. Zvirongwa zvegore ra2013 zvaisanganisira kudyara mari inenge US$1 bhiriyoni pakuvandudza uye kutsvaka. Musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 2013 Apache yakazivisa kutengeswa kwechikamu chimwe muzvitatu chezvinhu zvayo zveEgypt kuSinopec nemadhora 3.1 bhiriyoni kubva musi wa1 Ndira 2014; Apache yaizoramba iri opareta.