{"id":15839,"date":"2026-06-17T06:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15839"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:42:19","slug":"egypt-tag-oil-provides-update-on-drilling-operations-at-bed-1-concession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-tag-oil-provides-update-on-drilling-operations-at-bed-1-concession\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: TAG Oil Provides Update on Drilling Operations at BED-1 Concession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAG Oil<strong> <\/strong>has providean update on drilling operations at the Badr Oil Field in the Western Desert of Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the upcoming T-200 vertical well, the NDC-9 drilling rig is expected to be mobilized to the BED-1 location this month. Surface site preparation is underway, and other regulatory requirements have been secured. Drilling operations are anticipated to start by mid-July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed as a vertical well with a planned total depth of approximately 4,250 metres, T-200 will target the Abu Roash \u201cF\u201d formation, a naturally fractured reservoir in this area where nearby wells have encountered lighter gravity oil. Drilling and completion activities are expected to take approximately 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe T-200 well represents the next step in TAG Oil\u2019s ongoing evaluation of the ARF formation and securing the NDC-9 drilling rig marks an important milestone,\u201d said Abby Badwi, Executive Chairman and CEO of TAG Oil. \u201cWith site preparation and activities progressing as planned, we look forward to commence drilling next month and further evaluating the production potential of this reservoir.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAG Oil has providean update on drilling operations at the Badr Oil Field in the Western Desert of Egypt. For the upcoming T-200 vertical well, the NDC-9 drilling rig is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-tag-oil-provides-update-on-drilling-operations-at-bed-1-concession\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15840,"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":[1],"tags":[709,12549,12548,10912,7610],"class_list":["post-15839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-egypt","tag-ndc-9-drilling-rig","tag-t-200-vertical-well","tag-tag-oil","tag-western-desert","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Egypt-Bed-1.jpg?fit=700%2C517&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-47t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14239,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-tag-oil-provides-update-on-bed4-t100-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":15839,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: TAG Oil Provides Update on BED4-T100 Well","author":"","date":"February 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Following TAG Oil\u2019s last update on January 3, 2024, the Company has since completed re-drilling from the intermediate cased section of the T100 well in BED-1, landing the casing liner in the Abu Roash \u201cF\u201d carbonate reservoir zone, and reaching a measured depth of 3,238 meters in the ARF. 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