Egypt: West Kom Ombo basement prospect dry

Energean Oil & Gas, Athens, has plugged the WKO-X1 frontier exploratory well in the 31,521 sq km West Kom Ombo block in southern Egypt.
The well went to a total depth of 3,253 ft. After drilling through heavily karstified limestones, it encountered a succession of alternating thick shale intervals and sandstones, in cases with good reservoir characteristics. The bottomhole rock cuttings were identified to be granitic basement.
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Source: Oil & Gas Journal