On 8 April 2020, SDX Energy announced that its exploration well Sobhi 1 (SD-12X), S. Disouq Onshore block, Nile Delta Basin, encountered a 33-meter net gas-bearing sandstone interval near the base of the Pliocene Kafr El Sheikh Formation. The top of the Formation was found at a measured depth of 1,709 m.   According to the company, the well has encountered approximately 24 Bscf of recoverable gas and condensate resources.  The drilling rig was completing the well and preparing for testing in the coming weeks.Â   SDX Energy spudded Sobhi 1 (SD-12X) on 19 March 2020, targeting some 33 Bscf of gas in the Kafr El Sheikh Formation at around 2,130 m depth. If successful, the well was planned to be tied in during 2021 via a 5.8 km tie-in to the Ibn Yunus-1X location where an existing flow-line connects to the South Disouq central processing facility.  Sobhi 1 (SD-12X) is the second exploration well spudded by SDX Energy in the S. Disouq Onshore block after the company had drilled Salah 1 earlier this year (separate article).   The S. Disouq Onshore block is a 796-sq-km acreage initially granted to SDX Energy in April 2013. Two gas discoveries were made by the company in the block area, Disouq South and Ibn Yunus, respectively in 2017 and 2018. Both fields, which are operated from separate development acreages were brought onstream in mid-2019 and reached a combined stabilized plateau production of 50 MMscf/d in December 2019.  SDX Energy operates the S. Disouq Onshore block with 55% interest through a JV with IPR Energy Resources (45%).
Sobhi 12X expl. (SDX op, 100% in this well, IPR + EGPC) in South Disouq block, onshore, TMD=2208m, 33m net of high-quality gas-bearing sands, with an average porosity of 20%, near the base of the Kafr El Sheikh (KES) Fm. est. 24 Bcfe recoverabe gas + cond resources, well to be suspended ahead of testing. 