据阿拉伯贸易1月19日消息称，Apex国际能源公司宣布在位于埃及西部沙漠的东南Meleiha特许权（SEM）中发现新的石油。
这一发现是在距离最近的生产油田Zarif油田以西10公里的SEMZ-11X井完成的。该井总钻井深度为5700英尺，在Bahariya和Abu Roash G地层的白垩纪砂岩中发现了65英尺的油层。
对Bahariya的测试结果显示，在没有水的情况下，最高的产量是每天2100桶石油。
SEMZ-11X是Apex在2019-2020年采集和处理了1342平方公里的3D地震数据后，正在进行的三口井项目中的第二口探井。第一口井，即上个月钻的SEMZ-1X，还发现了17英尺的Bahariya石油层。它位于Zarif油田以西23公里处，钻井深度为5700英尺，测试速度为每天100桶石油。Apex计划在未来对1X进行压裂，以提高产量。
Apex创始人兼首席执行官Roger Plank表示：“这些石油发现是我们公司发展的重要一步，也是我们通过钻井和收购相结合，发展成为一家石油和天然气公司的战略的重要一步。”
Apex拥有SEM勘探特许权的100%开采权益，占地2534平方公里。该公司通过2016年埃及通用石油公司(EGPC)的勘探招标获得了特许权权益，并于2017年8月29日签署了特许权协议。
总部位于开罗的Apex总裁兼首席运营官Tom Maher表示:“我们期待与EGPC的合作伙伴进一步探索和开发我们的特许权的巨大潜力，并从这一首次发现迅速实现在线生产。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 阿拉伯贸易
原文如下：
Apex discovers oil in Western Desert of Egypt
Apex International Energy has announced a new oil discovery in Southeast Meleiha Concession (SEM), located in the Western Desert of Egypt.
The discovery was achieved at the SEMZ-11X well located 10 kilometres west of Zarif field, the nearest producing field. The well was drilled to a total depth of 5,700 feet and encountered 65 feet of oil pay in the Cretaceous sandstones of the Bahariya and Abu Roash G formations.
Testing of the Bahariya resulted in a peak rate of 2,100 barrels of oil per day with no water.
The SEMZ-11X was Apex’s second exploration well in an “These oil discoveries are an important step in our company’s development and in validating our strategy to grow an oil and gas company of substance through a combination of drilling and acquisitions,” said Apex’s founder and CEO, Roger Plank.
Apex holds a 100% working interest in the SEM exploration concession, encompassing 2,534 sq km. The company acquired the concession interest through the 2016 exploration bid round of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and signed the concession agreement Tom Maher, Apex’s President and COO based in Cairo, commented: “We look forward to working together with our partners at EGPC to further explore and develop the considerable potential of our concession and to expeditiously bring online production from this first discovery.”