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Friday, March 14, 2014
RWE Dea reported that the development of its Disouq natural gas project in Egypt’s Nile Delta is progressing. The project encompasses the development of seven gas fields in the Nile Delta, with the company confirming another positive appraisal of the North West
Khilala (NWK) gas Field with the development well NW Khilala-1-4.
The NWK gas field was the first brought on to production last September by RWE Dea. The NWK-1-4 is the fourth well to be drilled in the NWK structure and reached a total measured depth of 3,175 meters in the Abu Madi Formation. The well was drilled to test the northwestern limits of the field, about 2.8 km from the NWK-1x discovery.
The NWK-1-4 well successfully flowed at about 450,Mcm/d of gas during clean-up testing which is in line with expectations at this location.
“The recent successful appraisal of North West Khilala Field has confirmed and further enhanced our understanding of the reservoir properties and distribution,” said Maximilian Fellner, GM RWE Dea Egypt. “NW Khilala-1-4 will now be tied back to the existing production facilities and go on production shortly,” Fellner added. Currently, the NWK Field produces 1.45 Mmcm/d of gas from three wells.
RWE Dea will now move the Weatherford 94 rig to drill a four-well appraisal and development
program in the South East Sidi Salem and Disouq Fields approximately 50 km west of the
NWK Field.
Together with EGAS and the Suez Oil Company (SUCO), RWE Dea plans to produce a total of approx. 11.4 Bcm of gas from the seven gas fields in the first phase of the Disouq Development Project. Disouq production will supply gas to the growing Egyptian energy market.
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