In mid-March 2019, Apache Corporation abandoned the Kalabsha West Ebni North 1 (Ie 007-1) exploration well in the West Kalabsha exploration block at a TD of 4,612 m in the Carboniferous Dhiffah formation. The well was spudded on 18 February 2019 using the âEDC-54â land rig. It had a planned TD of 4,420 m and the Lower Cretaceous Alam El Bueib 3A, 6, 3G and 3C units as the objectives.  The West Kalabsha exploration block is operated by Apache Oil Egypt (67%) and Sinopec International Petroleum E&P Corp (33%).   Background Information  The area of the West Kalabsha block was previously held by Epedeco Sallum as part of a larger block called Sallum relinquished in November 1999. The Sallum block extended to the border with Libya and to the Mediterranean coastline. Epedeco recorded 1,181 km of 2D seismic data in the last quarter of 1996. The company drilled one well in the area which become West Kalabsha.   In early June 2004, Apache was assigned the West Kalabsha exploration block covering 2,714 sq km in the Northern Egypt Basin. The block was offered under the terms of the 2003 bid round.
Apache Corporation abandoned the Kalabsha West Ebni North 1 (Ie 007-1) exploration well in the West Kalabsha exploration block at a TD of 4,612 m in the Carboniferous Dhiffah formation.