The General Petroleum Company (GPC) successfully made a new oil discovery, GPR-1X, in the maturing Abu Sennan concession at the Western Desert. Initial tests show promising production rates of 1,400 barrels of crude oil per day (bbl/d) and approximately 1 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcf/d) from the Bahariya formation, in addition to adding 2 million recoverable barrels to the reserves.
GPC Chairman, Mohamed Abdel Mageed, confirmed that the well is currently being tested at the production facility. Abdel Mageed further noted the presence of promising hydrocarbon indicators in the Abu Rawash G and B formations, according to electrical logs tests.
This discovery is the second in the last three months in this maturing area, following the GPS discovery in March. The earlier find was made possible by utilizing artificial intelligence technologies through the expertise ofcGPC. This underscores that the Western Desert has yet to reveal all its secrets and that deploying modern technology opens promising avenues for exploration in maturing fields.
GPC is an Egyptian state-owned company established in 1957, playing a key role in the country’s oil and gas sector. It was the first Egyptian national company focused on oil and gas exploration, production, and development. GPC operates in various regions of Egypt, including the Eastern and Western Deserts, the Gulf of Suez, and Sinai.