Nile Delta gas-condensate discovery gauged

Dana Gas, Sharjah, UAE, estimated that its Al Tawil-1 discovery in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta has located 90 bcf of gas and 4 million bbl of condensate recoverable.

Oct. 15, 2008

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 15 -- Dana Gas, Sharjah, UAE, estimated that its Al Tawil-1 discovery in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta has located 90 bcf of gas and 4 million bbl of condensate recoverable.

The discovery well, in the West Manzala onshore concession 15 km south of the company's El Wastani gas processing plant, flowed 23.5 MMcfd and 1,027 b/d after encountering 34 m of net pay in the Miocene Qawasim formation. TD is 3,163 m measured depth.

The company plans to drill more exploratory wells in the West Manzala and West Qantara concessions in 2008-09 and is determining how to develop the discovery, the third in its $170 million 2008 drilling campaign.