On 24 October 2019, Italian Eni SpA, part of the Petrobel Belayim Petroleum Co (Petrobel) company with Egyptian General Petroleum Co (EGPC), announced that a new appraisal well, Sidri 36, was completed positive in the Abu Rudeis B10 lease, onshore/offshore Gulf of Suez Basin. Sidri 36 assessed the Abu-Rudeis Sidri field continuity westward in a down dip position compared to the Sidri 23 new-pool wildcat drilled in Q2 2019 (separate article).   Sidri 26 reportedly encountered a 200-m hydrocarbon column in the clastic sequence of the Cretaceous Nubia Formation. The well is expected to be brought onstream shortly, at a rate of 5,000 bo/d.  Background Information  Abu Rudeis Sidri was discovered in July 1957 by the well Rudeis 2 which encountered oil, gas and condensate in the Nukhul Formation. In 1957 the field was put onstream and has been producing until 2015 when a redevelopment plan was conducted by the operator.
Sidri 36 appr. (Petrobel=Eni/EGPC 100%) in Sidri B 11 block encountered an important 200m hc column in the clastic sequences of the Nubia Fm, the well will be completed and put into production in the next few days with an expected initial flow rate of about 5000bo/d. The Sidri South discovery is estimated to contain about 200 MMbo in place