{"id":12663,"date":"2022-09-15T22:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=12663"},"modified":"2022-09-15T22:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:31:12","slug":"egypt-united-oil-and-gas-updates-on-commencement-of-drilling-at-ash-4-and-aj-14-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-united-oil-and-gas-updates-on-commencement-of-drilling-at-ash-4-and-aj-14-well\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: United Oil and Gas Updates on Commencement of drilling at ASH-4 and AJ -14 well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"cv\">Summary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dh\"><span class=\"cr\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cq\">The fourth well in the 2022 Abu Sennan programme, ASH-4, has commenced drilling<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dh\"><span class=\"cr\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cq\">ASH-4 is a high impact development well, targeting over 2 mmbbls gross in the prolific Alam El Bueib reservoir<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dh\"><span class=\"cr\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"co\">On AJ-14, whilst oil has been recovered to surface on<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"co\">testing<\/span><span class=\"cn\">, consistent flow rates have yet to be established due to near bore-hole formation damage<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dh\"><span class=\"cr\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cq\">The testing programme is continuing in the Abu Roash-C interval at AJ-14, with well stimulation expected to<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cm\">deliver<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"cl\">commercial production rates in line with pre-drill estimates of c. 300 bopd gross<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"di\"><span class=\"dj\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"cv\">ASH-4 development well<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"de\">The ASH-4 development well, the fourth well in the 2022 drilling programme at Abu Sennan, has commenced drilling. The well will be drilled as a vertical hole targeting the prolific AEB reservoir. It is expected to take 55 days to drill and complete, and is fully funded from operational cashflow.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"db\">The well is targeting 2.2 mmbbls gross recoverable oil in what has been to date a highly productive area of the licence.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"de\">On completion of drilling, ASH-4 is expected to be rapidly brought into production.<\/span><span class=\"de\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"db\">The completion of seismic reprocessing earlier in the year has significantly improved the quality of the subsurface imaging over the ASH field resulting in increased in-place volumes on the ASH field (from 17 to 22 mmboe gross according to operator estimates) and optimising the current well location. In addition, it has helped identify a further six additional potential development well locations, which will be considered for future drilling programmes.<\/span><span class=\"de\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"cv\">AJ-14 well-testing update<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"db\">The AJ-14 well successfully encountered seven metres of net pay in the primary ARC target in line with the higher end of the pre-drill estimates. Whilst the well recorded indications of hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir in the deeper Abu Roash G reservoir, due to technical difficulties whilst running the logging tools, a full logging suite was not acquired over this secondary target. Further issues with the borehole were encountered in the deeper section of the well, and the decision was made to complete the well solely in the ARC.<\/span><span class=\"db\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dg\"><span class=\"db\">Following the installation of a down-hole pump, oil has been recovered to the surface from the well however consistent flow rates have yet to be established, due to near-borehole formation damage. Well stimulation has previously delivered successful results on a number of Abu Sennan wells with a stimulation programme expected to commence on AJ-14 shortly, subject to final partner approval. As the AJ-14 well encountered good quality reservoir facies in the ARC in the heart of the Al Jahraa field, once the borehole issues have been addressed, commercial flow-rates in line with the pre-drill expectations of c. 300bopd are expected<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"db\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"db\">be established.<\/span><span class=\"db\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a\"><span class=\"cz\">Brian Larkin, CEO commented:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dk\"><span class=\"db\">&#8220;Our active and fully funded drilling programme in\u00a0Egypt\u00a0is continuing with our next development well ASH-4 being spud whilst operations continue on AJ-14 to initiate commercial flow rate there. The ASH-4 development well has the potential to be an important well for United from both a production and reserves perspective as it is targeting one of the most prolific reservoirs in Abu Sennan.\u00a0 Working with an experienced Operator on a licence that is well understood, we look forward to drilling the ASH-4 development well before completing the 2022 programme with drilling of the ASF-1X exploration well. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dk\"><span class=\"db\">&#8220;On AJ-14, we are confident that the stimulation programme, which has delivered positive outcomes on other wells on the field, will result in consistent flow rates in the region of 300 bopd gross and the well being quickly brought into production to generate revenue and additional cashflow.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The fourth well in the 2022 Abu Sennan programme, ASH-4, has commenced drilling \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ASH-4 is a high impact development well, targeting over 2 mmbbls gross in the prolific Alam &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-united-oil-and-gas-updates-on-commencement-of-drilling-at-ash-4-and-aj-14-well\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12664,"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":[7450,10723,8713,7655,10724,709,8878],"class_list":["post-12663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-abu-sennan","tag-aj-14-well","tag-al-jahraa-field","tag-ash-field","tag-ash-4","tag-egypt","tag-united-oil-and-gas","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.png?fit=874%2C581&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3if","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12820,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-ash-4-well-to-be-tied-into-the-existing-facilities-in-the-abu-sennan-licence\/","url_meta":{"origin":12663,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: ASH-4 Well to be Tied into the Existing Facilities in the Abu Sennan licence","author":"","date":"November 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Preliminary test results from the ASH-4 well-test indicate a flow-rate of 2,101 bopd and 3 mmscf\/d (c. 2,700 boepd gross; 594 boepd net) from the Alam El Bueib (AEB) reservoir on a maximum 40\/64\" choke -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0On a reduced, 32\/64\" choke, which is expected to be more representative of the producing\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\/2022\/09\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.png?fit=874%2C581&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.png?fit=874%2C581&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.png?fit=874%2C581&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan.png?fit=874%2C581&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12876,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-united-oil-gas-provides-abu-sennan-licence-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":12663,"position":1},"title":"EGYPT: United Oil &#038; Gas Provides Abu Sennan licence Update","author":"","date":"November 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"ASH-4 well update As previously announced, ASH-4, a step-out development well in the ASH field, encountered 20 metres of net pay through the primary Alam El Bueib (AEB) reservoir target. 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