On 10 December 2019, the East Abu Sennan Petroleum Company (EASPCO) successfully completed its ASH 2 appraisal well, located on the Abu Sennan 4 development lease (DL) of the Abu Sennan PSC in the Abu Gharadig Basin. The well reached 4,030m TD in the Early Cretaceous Alam El Bueib sandstone with a 50m net oil pay encountered. An MDT was also carried out. Further rigless testing of the well is planned.ASH 2 was appraising the ASH oil field located ~800m SW of the company's 2015 ASH 1X ST1 discovery (4,777m TD). The sidetrack well was drilled into the objective AEB horizon, with a KOP at 2,196m. Upon testing of a 14m interval, the well flowed 3,900 bo/d of 46deg API oil and 3.1 MMcfg/d on a 64/64" choke. Equity in the EASPCO consortium is split between UEG (via Kuwait Energy, 12.5%), Dover (14%), Rockhopper (11%), Global Connect (12.5%) and EGPC (50%, carried). In late July 2019, UK junior United Oil & Gas plc (UOG) signed a US$ 16 million deal to acquire Rockhopper's Egyptian assets.<P />
Egypt, Abu Sennan