{"id":9967,"date":"2021-02-23T19:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2021-02-23T21:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:08:24","slug":"united-oil-and-gas-provides-ash-3-well-test-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/united-oil-and-gas-provides-ash-3-well-test-update\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: United Oil and Gas Provides ASH-3 Well Test Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ck\"><span class=\"cl\">United Oil &amp; Gas has provided the following update on the testing of the ASH-3 development well in the Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt. United holds a 22% non-operating interest in Abu Sennan, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt.<\/span><span class=\"cm\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cn\"><strong><span class=\"co\">Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"cp\"><span class=\"cq\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cr\">Preliminary results from the ASH-3 well-test indicate a maximum flow rate of 6,379 bopd and 6.7 mmscf\/d (c. 7,720 boepd gross; 1,700 boepd net) from the Alam El Bueib (AEB) reservoir during well-testing on a 64\/64&#8243; choke<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cp\"><span class=\"cq\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cr\">On a reduced, 30\/64&#8243; choke, expected to be more representative of the producing flow rates, the well flowed at 3,561 bopd and 2.9 mmscf\/d (c. 4,140 boepd gross; 910 boepd net)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cp\"><span class=\"cq\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cr\">The well is expected to be brought onstream in the coming days<\/span><span class=\"ct\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cs\"><strong><span class=\"cu\">ASH-3 Well<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"cv\"><span class=\"cr\">The ASH-3 development well, a step-out development well in the ASH Field, spudded on the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0January, and reached a total depth (TD) of 4,087m MD (3,918m TVDSS) on 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February, ahead of schedule and under budget. Logging indicates a\u00a0 gross hydrocarbon column of 59m in the primary AEB reservoir target, 27.5m of which is estimated to be net pay.<\/span><span class=\"cr\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"entry product type-product post-9869 status-publish first instock product_cat-ea-outlook product_tag-drilling product_tag-natural-gas product_tag-oil product_tag-outlook product_tag-rigs product_tag-seismic product_tag-surveys product_tag-tanzania product_tag-upstream has-post-thumbnail sale downloadable virtual purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/\/product\/tanzania-upstream-sector-activity-outlook-2021-2022\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">\n\t<span class=\"onsale\">Sale!<\/span>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVERPAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Tanzania Upstream Sector Activity Outlook 2021-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVERPAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVERPAGE.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVERPAGE.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVERPAGE.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Tanzania Upstream Sector Activity Outlook 2021-2022<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><del aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">&#36;<\/span>100.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/del> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Original price was: &#036;100.00.<\/span><ins aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">&#36;<\/span>60.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/ins><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Current price is: &#036;60.00.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967?add-to-cart=9869\" aria-describedby=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_9869\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\" data-product_id=\"9869\" data-product_sku=\"\" aria-label=\"Add to cart: &ldquo;Tanzania Upstream Sector Activity Outlook 2021-2022&rdquo;\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-success_message=\"&ldquo;Tanzania Upstream Sector Activity Outlook 2021-2022&rdquo; has been added to your cart\">Add to cart<\/a>\t<span id=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_9869\" class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cw\"><span class=\"cx\">ASH-3 was successfully tested from the targeted AEB Formation, and preliminary results indicate maximum flow rates of 6,379 bopd and 6.7 mmscf\/d (c. 7,720 boepd gross; 1,700 boepd net working interest) on a 64\/64&#8243; choke. Rates of 3,561 bopd and 2.9 mmscf\/d (c. 4,140 boepd gross; 910 boepd net working interest) were achieved on a reduced 30\/64&#8243; choke, and in line with prudent reservoir management, these rates are expected to be more representative of the sustainable flow levels that will be achieved when the well is brought onstream through the existing ASH facilities.<\/span><span class=\"cx\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cw\"><span class=\"cx\">The ED-50 rig will now move to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bq\">the north of the Licence, close to the producing Al Jahraa field\u00a0<span class=\"aa\">to commence the drilling of the ASD-1X exploration well. This well is\u00a0<\/span>targeting the Abu Roash reservoirs in the Prospect D structure and, if successful, can quickly be brought into production.<\/span><span class=\"cy\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ck\"><span class=\"cm\">United Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Brian Larkin\u00a0commented:<\/span><span class=\"cl\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ck\"><span class=\"cz\">&#8220;The ASH Field continues to out-perform our estimates and following on from the success of the 2020 drilling programme, this is another excellent drilling result that demonstrates its significant growth potential. This result is a very positive development for the Abu Sennan partnership as a whole, and, when brought on production over the coming days, ASH-3 will provide a significant boost to the concession-wide production rates that averaged 10,500 boepd gross (2,310 boepd net) during\u00a0January 2021.<\/span><span class=\"cm\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ck\"><span class=\"cz\">&#8220;We look forward to the spudding of the forthcoming exploration well and the remainder of our 2021 work program.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ck\"><span class=\"cl\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Oil &amp; Gas has provided the following update on the testing of the ASH-3 development well in the Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt. United holds a 22% non-operating interest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/united-oil-and-gas-provides-ash-3-well-test-update\/\" 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":[7450,9080,8715,709,8815,8717],"class_list":["post-9967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-abu-sennan","tag-asd-1x","tag-ash-3","tag-egypt","tag-kuwait-energy","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-2AL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10284,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/united-oil-and-gas-asd-1x-well-test-update-submission-of-notice-of-commercial-discovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":9967,"position":0},"title":"United Oil and Gas ASD-1X Well Test Update &#038; Submission of Notice of Commercial Discovery","author":"","date":"May 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"United Oil & Gas has provide the following update on the testing of the ASD-1X exploration well in the Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt and the spudding of the AJ-8 development well. United holds a 22% non-operating interest in Abu Sennan, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt (\"KEE\").\u00a0 Highlights\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":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":9967,"position":1},"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":9967,"position":2},"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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United holds a 22% working interest in the licence, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt.\u00a0 Highlights \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The ASD-2 well has commenced production at an initial rate of c.\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\/03\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan-2.png?fit=591%2C472&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan-2.png?fit=591%2C472&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Egypt-Abu-Sennan-2.png?fit=591%2C472&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10663,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-united-oil-and-gas-announces-successful-testing-of-al-jahraa-8-development-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":9967,"position":4},"title":"EGYPT: United Oil and Gas Announces Successful Testing of Al Jahraa-8 Development Well","author":"","date":"August 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"United Oil & Gas has provided the following update on the testing of the Al Jahraa-8 (\"AJ-8\") development well in the Abu Sennan concession, onshore Egypt (the \"Licence\"). 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United holds a 22% working interest in the licence, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt. Summary -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ASH-8 well commenced production on 16 March at an initial stabilised rate of\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\/2023\/03\/Egypt-ASH-8.jpg?fit=750%2C537&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egypt-ASH-8.jpg?fit=750%2C537&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egypt-ASH-8.jpg?fit=750%2C537&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Egypt-ASH-8.jpg?fit=750%2C537&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9970,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions\/9970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}