SDX Energy makes gas discovery in South Disouq Concession, Egypt

UK-based exploration and production company SDX Energy has made a new gas discovery at its SD-4X well in the South Disouq Concession, Egypt.

Drilled to a total depth of 7806ft, the SD-4X well encountered 89ft of net conventional natural gas pay in the Abu Madi horizon.

According to the company, the well is on prognosis and the reservoir section has a similar quality but thicker than the original SD-1X discovery well.

The company will complete the well as a producer in the Abu Madi and thereafter begin testing within 30-45 days of moving the drilling rig off location.

SDX Energy president and CEO Paul Welch said: “We had anticipated a thickening of the pay section as we moved away from the crest of the structure, and this has now been confirmed.

“We will now accelerate our development activity in the area. It’s our intent to establish production from both the South Disouq and Ibn Yunus areas before year end 2018. These results demonstrate the significant potential we see in this area.”

In the event the test proves to be successful, the well is expected to be connected to the infrastructure located adjacent to the original SD-1X discovery, where production start-up is set to take place in the fourth quarter of this year.

Following completion, the rig will be mobilised to the SD-3X well, which will be the second of two appraisal locations in the 2018 development programme.

Meanwhile, SDX has completed a test programme at the LMS-1 well in the Lalla Mimouna Nord permit in Morocco.