In March 2019 the Agiba Petroleum Co was awarded the Southwest Meleiha 1 development lease, Northern Egypt Basin. This acreage was carved out of the Southwest Meleiha exploration block operated by Eni subsidiary IEOC.  On 9 June 2018, Eni announced that it, via its local subsidiary IEOC had made a second light oil discovery with the Meleiha Southwest B-1 (SWM-B1) exploratory well in the Southwest Meleiha block. The well yielded 5,130 bo/d of a 37 Â°API crude with low associated gas from the Carboniferous sandstones of the Dessouky Formation. The well had objectives in the Cenomanian Bahariya Formation, the Barremian to Aptian Alam El Bueib 3D Unit, the Jurassic layer and the Carboniferous sandstones of the Dessouky Formation.The discovery at the B-2X prospect is the result of an exploration campaign designed to target the deep Paleozioc sequences of the Northern Egypt Basin.   In May 2018, IEOC discovered light oil with the Meleiha Southwest A 2ST1 exploratory well within the Southwest Meleiha block. It was drilled to a TD of 5,090 m and encountered 18 m of light oil (32 API) within the Carboniferous aged sandstones of the Dessouky Formation. Hydrocarbons were also intercepted hydrocarbons within the Barremian to Aptian aged Alam El Bueib sandstones. During a production test, flow rates of 2,300 bo/d and 0.4 MMscf/d (associated gas) were recorded from the sandstones of the Dessouky Formation.  On 25 September 2014, ENI announced that it was awarded the onshore block Southwest Meleiha as a result of the 2013 EGPC International Bid Round. The block is located in Western Desert, near the Meleiha Development Lease, in which the company has 28% working interest. The block covers 2,058 sq km.
Egypt (Shoushan Sub-basin (Northern Egypt B.)) Meleiha