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Egypt, Onshore

GORE™ Survey Area

Geology:

  • Fractured sub-salt rift basin
  • Target: Miocene Kareem and Rudeis Fms.
  • Targets are overlain by 8000 ft of evaporitic salt and anhydrite sequences with interbeds of shale

General Cross Section of the Gulf of Suez Region
Stratigraphic column for the Gulf of Suez Region

Survey Summary

  • 6 transects; 35 km2 coverage
  • 100 grid samples; 250 and 500 m spacing

Survey Results

  • GORE™ Survey was able to detect hydrocarbon microseepage through thick salt sequences
  • The next well drilled on GORE™ Survey data (FH85-8) produced 800 bopd; the highest production rate in the region

GORE™ Survey results showing high probability areas for finding analogs of Kareem/Rudeis oil

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