1st of 2 explo wells planned in South Ghazalat block, Abu Ghadariq Basin, W. Desert, tested a combined 3,840 b/d of 35-38 API oil from the U. + L. Bahariya, of which a calculated 2,437 b/d + 1.4 MMcfg/d on 40/64" choke from a 13m intv in the L. Bahariya, and 1,403 b/d light oil, 1 MMcfg/d + water on 1" choke from 7m in the U. Bahariya.
Ghazalat South 6X (SGZ-6X) (Transglobe 100%) in the South Ghazalat permit, A 42-foot interval was perforated in the lower Bahriya and flowed at an average rate equivalent to 2437b/d of oil and 1.4 MMscf/d of gas during a 10-hour test. A 23-foot perforated interval in the upper Bahriya flowed at an average rate equivalent to 1403 bpd of oil and 1 MMcfd of gas over an eight-hour test.