By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 20 -- An oil discovery by the Apache Corp. El Diyur-2X well, drilled to 8,424 ft TD in Jurassic on the El Diyur concession in Egypt's Western Desert, is commercial, a concession partner reported.
The El Diyur-2X had oil and gas shows from seven zones of the Cretaceous Abu Roash and Bahariya formations, according to IPR Red Sea Ltd., Dallas. Apache operates the concession, in which Sipetrol International SA of Chile also holds an interest.
Apache logged 262 ft of net oil pay in the well. On a drillstem test, the well flowed more than 1,000 b/d of 26° gravity oil from 10 ft of perforations in the Bahariya sand, lowest of the indicated pay zones. The zone was hydraulically fractured.
Egypt's oil ministry is reviewing the proposed development plan, and the consortium expects first oil production by July.
The group plans to drill the El Diyur-4X and -3X wells within the next 2 months.
