In late January 2020, Khalda Petroleum Co (Khalda) abandoned Isis 18, an outpost well of the Isis field in the Khalda block, Shoushan Sub-basin (Northern Egypt Basin). The well, which was spudded on 6 January 2020 was drilled to a TD of 3,292 m. The operator was targeting objectives in the Cenomanian Bahariya Formation and in the Paleozoic units.  The Isis field was discovered in 2004 after the new field wildcat Isis 01 tested oil in the lower and upper members of the Bahariya Formation. It was brought on-stream in late 2004 and further developed through the drilling of eight wells. Khalda implemented an improved recovery plan including the drilling of four water injectors between 2007 and 2008.   The Khalda block, which extends over 959 sq km includes numerous exploratory dry wells and oil and gas producing fields (e.g., Hayat, Kenz, Yasser, Shrouk B, Shrouk East). It was granted Khalda, a JV between EGPC (50%), Apache (33.5%) and Sinopec (16.5%) in January 2013.
Khalda Petroleum Co abandoned Isis 18 outpost well, Isis field, Khalda block, Northern Egypt Basin