In early August 2019, General Petroleum Company (GPC) plugged and abandoned the new field wildcat NES East T-1 in the Abu Sennan (GPC) (Dev) block, Abu Gharadiq Basin.  The well was spudded on 14 July 2019 with the "EDC-16" land rig and drilled to a TD of 3,050 m in the Lower Cenomanian Kharita Member of the Burg El Arab Formation. GPC's objectives were in the Upper Cretaceous Abu Roash and Bahariya formations.   The Abu Sennan (GPC) (Dev) block extends over 231 sq km, it was awarded in September 2004 to the state oil company GPC which operates the tract with a 100% interest.
Egypt, Abu Sennan