In late October 2019, Badr El Din Petroleum Co (BAPETCO) tested oil after drilling the exploration well Sitra C03-2 in the Sitra (Dev) lease, Abu Gharadiq Basin. After successful testing, the well was rapidly brought onstream at 1,880 bo/d and 4.2 MMscf/d.   The well was spudded on 13 July 2019 with the âEDC-51â land rig to a TD of 3,100 m, in the Kharita Member of the Burg El Arab Formation. The operator was targeting Cenomanian pools: the Bahariya Formation as a primary objective and the E and G members of the Abu Roash Formation as secondary objectives.   BAPETCO, also named Sitra Petroleum or SIPETCO, is a JV between the EGPC, Shell Australia AG and Shell Egypt NV.   The Sitra (Dev) lease was granted to BAPETCO in December 1985. It includes six fields (Sitra 1-1, Sitra 3, Sitra C18-1 ST, Sitra East C4, Sitra 5 and Sitra 8), all discovered by Shell between 1982 and 2019.
Sitra C03-2 in the Sitra (Dev) lease, fter successful testing, the well was rapidly brought onstream at 1880 bo/d and 4,2 MMscf/d.