In H1 2018, the Khalda Petroleum consortium was awarded the West Kalabsha Y development lease (DL). The ~5 sq km block is a carve out of Apache's West Kalabsha PSC and lies in the Faghur Basin. It contains Apache's Q4 2017 West Kalabsha Y 2X (WKAL Y 2X) discovery. The well encountered oil in the objective Lower Cretaceous Alam El Bueib (AEB) Formation and reached a TD of 4,907m in the Carboniferous Dhiffah Formation. Operations were carried out using the Egyptian Drilling Company #54 rig. WKAL Y 2X was drilled 2km east of the 2013 WKAL Y 1X NFW (TD 4,800m, dry) and lies to the south of the Faghur South Field. Equity in Khalda is split between Apache (33.5%), Sinopec (16.5%) and EGPC (50%, carried).
Khalda Petroleum consortium was awarded the West Kalabsha Y development lease (DL). The ~5 sq km block is a carve out of Apache's West Kalabsha PSC and lies in the Faghur Basin. It contains Apache's Q4 2017 West Kalabsha Y 2X (WKAL Y 2X) discovery. 