Kuwait Energy ties in Al Jahraa well
Kuwait Energy Egypt has tied in the Al Jahraa-13 development well (AJ-13) in the Abu Sennan license, 7 km north of producing Al Jahraa field in Egypt's Western Desert, partner United Oil & Gas PLC said in a Jan. 13 release.
AJ-13, the fifth and final well in the Abu Sennan 2021 drilling program, reached a TD of 3,840 m, days ahead of schedule and under budget. The well has been logged and interpreted to have encountered 17.5 m of net oil pay across Upper and Lower Bahariya reservoir targets, in line with pre-drill expectations (OGJ Online, Dec. 29, 2021).
The well has been tied into the existing infrastructure and brought on stream at an initial rate of 623 b/d oil and 0.47 MMscfd gas on a 48/64-in. choke and 897 b/d oil and 0.95 MMscfd gas on a 64/64-in. choke.
The ECDC-6 rig will now move to drill the ASD-2 development well, the first well in the 2022 campaign. ASD-2 well follows the exploration success made in 2021 with the ASD-1X well. It will target the Abu Roash reservoirs in a more northerly part of the same structure, aiming to access the upside reserves and accelerate production from the field.
Abu Sennan is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt (25%). Joint venture partners are United Oil & Gas (22%), Global Connect Ltd. (25%), and Dover Investments (28%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
