The Suez Oil Company (SUCO) has achieved distinguished progress at Ras Badran field, as it increased its production by 3,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) reaching to 7,500 boe/d compared to the initial plan of production of 3,100 boe/d during during three months of operations.

This progress is made due to intensive operation after activating the agreement with ADES Company (the contractor) on the 1st of August, and the drilling rig began operating on the 5th of September. 

The steps to achieve the increase included repairing the damaged wells, drilling and processing operations without using a drill to accelerate the increase in production rates and testing the Matla layer. The initial results of testing the Matla layer in well RB-A3b were promising at 1,750 barrels of oil per day (bbl/d), which added a new dimension to production capabilities, as well as development well plans and developing the Matla layer in the Ras Badran field. This is in addition to drilling an exploratory well targeting the southwestern region of the field.

The strenuous efforts of the company’s employees, and negotiations with representatives of ADES Company played a decisive role in achieving this increase. 

It is worth noting that due to these efforts, operations were increased and compressed to achieve the highest possible production rates as well as  entering another offshore drilling rig to work in parallel at Ras Badran field.

 The future plans include adding a land rig to work in the Gebel El Zeit field, in addition to operating another offshore rig at Ras Badran, with the aim of reaching production rates of approximately 10,000 bbl/d, which would achieve more than three times the primary production line. 

These ambitious plans aim to develop the untapped reserves in the Nubia and Matla layers, which would contribute to enhancing the company’s productivity and sustainability in the long term.