El Wastani Petroleum (Wasco) has been awarded a development lease (DL) across the East South Abu El Naga 1 (ESAEN 1) Messinian Abu Madi gas discovery. The award is understood to be effective from Q3 2018. ESAEN 1 was drilled by Dana Gas on the North El Salhiya Onshore PSC, located in the Nile Delta Basin. Operations were carried out between January-March 2018 by the SinoTharwa Drilling #2 rig, with the well reaching 2,730m TD. Testing was carried out in May 2018. Whilst detailed test results are not available, the well is understood to be capable of producing up to 5 MMcfg/d in production configuration. The discovery lies on the western shores of Lake Manzala. ESAEN 1 was the second NFW to be drilled under the PSC agreement. The first, Bahy 1, was P&A dry in Q4 2017. Wasco, a 50/50 JV between Dana Gas and EGPC, will operate the DL. The remaining exploration lease area of the PSC was relinquished in July 2018, at the end of the extension to the first exploration period.
El Wastani Petroleum (Wasco) has been awarded a development lease (DL) across the East South Abu El Naga 1 (ESAEN 1) Messinian Abu Madi gas discovery. The award is understood to be effective from Q3 2018. ESAEN 1 was drilled by Dana Gas on the North El Salhiya Onshore PSC, located in the Nile Delta Basin. Operations were carried out between January-March 2018 by the SinoTharwa Drilling #2 rig, with the well reaching 2,730m TD. Testing was carried out in May 2018. Whilst detailed test results are not available, the well is understood to be capable of producing up to 5 MMcfg/d in production configuration. The discovery lies on the western shores of Lake Manzala. ESAEN 1 was the second NFW to be drilled under the PSC agreement. The first, Bahy 1, was P&A dry in Q4 2017. Wasco, a 50/50 JV between Dana Gas and EGPC, will operate the DL. The remaining exploration lease area of the PSC was relinquished in July 2018, at the end of the extension to the first exploration period.