{"id":10745,"date":"2021-08-16T10:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T10:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10745"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T10:14:38","slug":"egypt-kuwait-energy-egypt-spuds-asx-1x-exploration-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-kuwait-energy-egypt-spuds-asx-1x-exploration-well\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: Kuwait Energy Egypt Spuds ASX-1X exploration well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bu\">United Oil &amp; Gas has announced the spudding of the ASX-1X exploration well in the Abu Sennan Licence\u00a0 Egypt on 14 August. United holds a 22% working interest in the Licence, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt.<\/span><span class=\"bu\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bv\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bw\"><span class=\"j\"><span class=\"bi\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bo\">Drilling of the ASX-1X exploration well commenced on\u00a014 August 2021<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bw\"><span class=\"j\"><span class=\"bi\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bo\">The well is located c. 7km to the north of the producing Al Jahraa field and will test a number of stacked reservoir targets<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bw\"><span class=\"j\"><span class=\"bi\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bo\">In a success-case scenario, the well is expected to take up to 54 days to drill, test and complete<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bx\">United&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Brian Larkin\u00a0commented:<\/span><span class=\"bu\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"by\">&#8220;There is considerable exploration potential in the Abu Sennan licence, and it is great to be actively drilling our second exploration well this year to further unlock that potential. We are delighted that the ASX-1X exploration well has been spudded and look forward to updating shareholders once the well has reached the target reservoirs.&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"by\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bv\">ASX-1X Exploration Well<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bu\">ASX-1X is a vertical exploration well, located c. 7km to the north of the producing Al Jahraa Field. The well is targeting a similar structure to the nearby discovery that was recently made at ASD-1X, with primary targets in the Abu Roash C and E reservoirs, and secondary targets in the deeper Bahariya and shallower Khoman Formations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bu\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bu\">The ASX prospect had always ranked highly for United among the identified exploration targets in Abu Sennan, and with the de-risking provided by the positive result at ASD-1X only 11km away, and the short timeframe in which that discovery was put into production, the ASX-1X prospect has become a prioritised target.<\/span><span class=\"bu\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bt\"><span class=\"bu\">The ASX-1X is expected to be the final well of the 2021 campaign, with longer-term plans for unlocking the additional potential in the Abu Sennan licence currently under discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Oil &amp; Gas has announced the spudding of the ASX-1X exploration well in the Abu Sennan Licence\u00a0 Egypt on 14 August. United holds a 22% working interest in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-kuwait-energy-egypt-spuds-asx-1x-exploration-well\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[8712,9080,8879,8717],"class_list":["post-10745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-abu-sennan-licence","tag-asd-1x","tag-kuwait-energy-egypt","tag-united-oil-gas","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.jpg?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Nj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11019,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-kuwait-energy-commences-production-at-asx-1x-discovery-in-the-abu-sennan-licence\/","url_meta":{"origin":10745,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: Kuwait Energy Commences Production at ASX-1X Discovery in the Abu Sennan licence","author":"","date":"October 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Highlights \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Commercial discovery declared at the ASX-1X exploration well \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Approval granted from the Minister of Petroleum of the award of a development lease covering this new discovery on\u00a012 October 2021 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Partner confidence and experience in Abu Roash C reservoirs led to the well being brought straight onto production three weeks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.jpg?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.jpg?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.jpg?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.jpg?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10897,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egyptian-united-oil-gas-provides-asx-1x-well-2022-drilling-programme-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":10745,"position":1},"title":"EGYPTIAN: United Oil &#038; 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