In Q3 2018, Petrosilah Petroleum P&A dry its Silah 27 appraisal well. It was drilled on the Silah development lease (DL) of the El Fayum PSC, located in the Gindi Basin. Silah 27 was spudded on 15 August 2018, reaching 2,377m in the Cretaceous Kharita Formation. Operations were carried out by the Egyptian Chinese Drilling Company #1 rig. The well was drilled on the Silah Field and was appraising the southerly extent of the Cretaceous Abu Roash "G" reservoir. The field was discovered in 2008 by the Silah 1X NFW (2,209m TD) and brought onstream in 2009. Petrosilah is a JV between Merlon International (50%) and EGPC (50%, carried). In September 2018, SOCO International announced it was to acquire Merlon in a US$ 136 million deal. 
Petrosilah Petroleum P&A dry its Silah 27 appraisal well. It was drilled on the Silah development lease (DL) of the El Fayum PSC, located in the Gindi Basin. 