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Rockhopper Updates Abu Sennan

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Rockhopper Exploration is seeing its production from the Abu Sennan concession in Egypt average 3,300 boepd from six wells during H1 2017.

The company also updated activities on its Al Jahraa SE-2X and Al Jahraa-9 wells. The Al Jahraa-9 well penetrated 5meters of reservoir sand in the primary Abu Roash-C (AR-C) reservoir. Wireline logging and a well test across the interval confirmed that, while the sand is water wet, the reservoir pressure is in line with the producing AR-C reservoir in the Al Jahraa and Al Jahraa SE fields. The well also encountered the deepest known oil shows in the Abu Roash-D and Abu Roash-E (AR-E) reservoirs, demonstrating further potential at these levels elsewhere in the concession.

The results of the Al Jahraa-9 well will now be integrated with existing data for the Al Jahraa and Al Jahraa SE oil fields to help refine the future development plans for these fields.

The Al Jahraa SE-2X well has been successfully side-tracked into the Al Jahraa SE field and oil pay has been confirmed from wireline logging in both the AR-C and AR-E reservoirs. The well has recently been completed in the deeper AR-E reservoir and was put onto production at a tubular and pump constrained rate of around 250 boepd gross.

Sam Moody, CEO, commented, “We are pleased with the overall progress in Egypt and, in particular, with the continuing reduction in our receivables balance. While it is disappointing that the Al Jahraa-9 well was water wet, the deep oil shows are an encouraging indication of the additional potential at these deeper levels in other areas of the concession. Furthermore, with the Al Jahraa SE-2X well having now been completed as a producer, we believe that a well-constructed water flood program would have the potential to significantly enhance recovery factors achievable at the Al Jahraa field.”


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