In Q3 2017, Agiba Petroleum completed for production the Meleiha Deep South West 1X ST 2 appraisal/development well. It was drilled on the Meleiha Deep licence, located in the Shushan Basin. The well was spudded on 22 May 2017 and drilled to a TD of ~3,480m (TVD ~3,220m) in the Jurassic. Operations were carried out using the SinoTharwa Drilling #8 rig. The well was drilled as a sidetrack to the Meleiha Deep South West 1X discovery, which encountered oil in the Jurassic Masajid limestones, below the main Cretaceous reservoir of the Meleiha Field. The Agiba consortium operates the PSC, with equity split between Eni (38%), Lukoil (12%) and EGPC (50%, carried).
Egypt, Meleiha (Dev)