Sea Dragon Energy Inc., Calgary, will drill two exploratory and three development wells on the Kom Ombo concession in southern Egypt.
First up is the West Al Baraka-2 exploratory well 9 km southwest of Al Baraka oil field, to be followed by the Al Baraka-16 development well. The rig is being inspected before being mobilized to the concession, 1,000 km south of Cairo.
Al Baraka field, producing from multiple reservoirs, is averaging a gross 550 b/d of light oil.
Sea Dragon and Dana Gas of Sharjah each hold 50% interest in the concession, which covers 11,400 sq km.
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Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
