In late 2018, Burrulus Gas Co. (Burrulus) completed the exploratory well Swan East 1 in the WDDM Area 2 development lease, offshore Nile Coastal/Deep Water Sub-basin as a gas discovery in the Messinian layer.   Burrulus Gas Co. is a JV between EGPC and Shell and Petronas.  Background Information  Swan 1ST1 exploratory well in the WDDM Block, offshore Nile Coastal/Deep Water Sub-basin was completed in October 2011 as a gas discovery. The original hole, Swan 1, was spudded on 1 August 2011 with objectives in Kafr El Sheikh Formation and particularly to cross a paleo-channel sand. The well was drilled to a TD of 3,350m (3,280m TVD) before being suspended. Then the hole was sidetracked from a KOP of 2,440 m and drilled to TD at 3,283m (3,256m TVD).  The second sidetracked Swan ST2 development well was completed in March 2012 as a gas well.  The West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession comprises 8 producing gas fields: Scarab, Saffron, Simian (including Swan and satellite SimSat-P2), Sienna, Sapphire (including satellites Sapsat-1, Sapsat-2), Serpent, Saurus, Sequoia. A total of 5 fields are thought to be developed later: Mina, Silva, Sienna Up, Solar, Sama Offshore. The fields are located at water depths ranging from 250 -1,200 m (800 - 3900 ft) and approximately 90 km to 120km from the shore and are thought to contain reserves in the amount of 4 Tcf.
Egypt, Mina (Dev)