Apache's Syrah 5X appraisal well in Egypt's Western Desert has test flowed 47.6 million cubic feet per day of natural gas, proving the north-west extension of the Syrah Field on its Khalda Concession.
The discovery well Syrah 1X tested 46.5 MMcfd from a correlative zone in March 2005.
The field lies north of the Qasr field, Apache's largest discovery, which is currently producing 340 MMcfd of gas and 15,800 barrels per day of condensate from the Lower Safa sand.
Qasr was discovered in 2003 and contains proven reserves of 2.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 64.5 million barrels of condensate in the Lower Safa.
The field is also producing 11,800 bpd of oil from the Cretaceous Alem el Bueib, a shallower formation overlying the deeper Lower Safa.
Syrah 5X tested the lower 50 feet of Lower Safa pay on a one-inch choke with 2599 psi of flowing wellhead pressure from perforations between 14,210 and 14,260 feet.
Apache is alsoevaluating the Jurassic and Alem el Bueib potential in the 6.4-kilometre stretch between the Syrah and Qasr fields.
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