In late October 2017, Agiba Petroleum completed the Aman East 1X NFW as a Cretaceous oil discovery. The well encountered hydrocarbons in the Bahariya Formation. The discovery lies to the east of the Aman Field, located on the Meleiha PSC in the Shushan Basin. Aman East 1X was spudded on 27 August 2017. It is the second successful well on the PSC in 2017. In September 2017, the company made a Cretaceous Alam El Bueib Formation oil & gas discovery in the Meleiha South 1X NFW, drilled on the Meleiha West development lease. Equity in the Agiba consortium is split between Eni (38%), Lukoil (12%) and EGPC (50%, carried).<P />
Egypt, Meleiha (Dev)