In early December 2019, Khalda Petroleum Co (Khalda) abandoned the new field wildcat Cadmium 1 in its Atoun (Dev) block, Northern Egypt Basin after unsuccessful test.   Khalda spudded the well on 13 October 2019, presumably targeting the Lower Cretaceous Alamein Member of the Burg El Arab Formation and the units 1 and 6 of the Alam El Bueib Formation. The well had a planned TD of 4,420 m.  The Atoun (Dev) block is a 41 sq km acreage granted to Khalda in June 2004 which includes the Atoun and Nakhaw gas fields and the Fox Deep 1 oil discovery.  Khalda is a JV between EGPC (50%), Apache (33.5%) and Sinopec (16.5%).
	Cadmium 1 nfw (Khalda 100% = JV between EGPC 50%, Apache 33.5%, Sinopec 16.5%) in Atoun (Dev) block, P&A after unsuccessful test presumably of the target Alamein Mb of the Burg El Arab + Alam El Bueib 1 + 6 units.