Rockhopper Exploration PLC’s Al Jahraa-9 well has encountered the deepest known oil shows in the Abu Roash-D and Abu Roash-E (AR-E) reservoirs in Al Jahraa oil field onshore Egypt in the company’s Abu Sennan drilling concession. The Al Jahraa-9 penetrated 5 m of reservoir sand in the primary Abu Roash-C (AR-C) reservoir.
The company also confirmed that wireline logging tested water wet sand but said reservoir pressure was in line with the producing AR-C reservoir in Al Jahraa and Al Jahraa SE fields. Rockhopper Chief Executive Officer Sam Moody expressed disappointment in the water wet sand but said “deep oil shows are an encouraging indication of the additional potential at these deeper levels in other areas of the concession.”
The company is now integrating results of the Al Jahraa-9 well with existing data for Al Jahraa and Al Jahraa SE oil fields to help refine future development plans for these fields.
The operator’s Al Jahraa SE-2X well was side-tracked into the Al Jahraa SE field and wireline logging confirmed oil pays in both the AR-C and AR-E reservoirs. According to Rockhopper, the well has been completed in the deeper AR-E reservoir and is producing a pump-constrained 250 boe/d.
The operator’s two-well campaign was launched in April 2017 (OGJ Online, Apr. 26, 2017). The company holds a 22% interest in the Abu Sennan concession. Production from six fields have remained stable with an average 3,300 boe/d gross during first-half 2017, the company said.
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