In mid-December 2019, Mellitah Oil and Gas BV (Mellitah) was logging the NC169A A 58 exploration well in the Al Wafa field, NC 169A (Wafa) block. The well was spudded on 25 September 2019 with the NWD 11 land rig to a TD of 2,601 m.  Mellitah is a joint venture formed by the National Oil Corporation (NOC, 50%) and Eni (50%).  The Al Wafa field is an oil, condensate and gas field separated into a north and a south area. The southern part of the field was discovered by Shell in 1964 with the D1-52 well which tested 166 bc/d & 3 MMscf/d. The northern part of the field is the main producing field and was discovered by Sirte Oil in June 1991 after a test of 20 MMscf/d from Devonian. On 15 January 2018, the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) and the Algerian national oil company Sonatrach signed an agreement to jointly work on a reservoir development plan for their respective Al Wafa and Alrar fields. Both Al Wafa and Alrar are located along the central part of the Libya-Algerian border in the north-eastern limit of the Illizi Basin.
In mid-December 2019, Mellitah Oil and Gas BV (Mellitah) was logging the NC169A A 58 exploration well in the Al Wafa field, NC 169A (Wafa) 