In mid-December 2017, TransGlobe Energy Corp suspended the Gharib Northwest 38A (NWG-38A) exploration well in the Northwest Gharib permit as an oil well, after encountering 34 m of the Red Bed reservoir.  The well was spudded in November 2017 and drilled to a TD of 1,620 m. TransGlobe operates the Northwest Gharib permit, which surrounds all TransGlobe development lease in Eastern Desert, with a 100% interest.  TransGlobe reported that it has identified 79 drilling locations and estimated an unrisked prospective resource of 71 MMbo for the whole block.  Background information TransGlobe was awarded the permit in the 2011/2012 EGPC bid round and official signature was held on 7 November 2013. The initial exploration period lasts for three years. The company was granted an extension for its Northwest Gharib permit in April 2016. In February 2015, TransGlobe suspended the Gharib Northwest 1a (NWG-1a) exploration well in the Northwest Gharib permit after reaching a TD of 1,341 m in the Thebes formation. The well was spudded on 18 January 2015 with the âEDC-67â land rig. The Nukhul formation was the objective. Â 
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