Western Desert Operating Petroleum Company (WEPCO) has announced that it successfully added 1,150 barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) to its production from the Badr -1 field by using the new EDC-56, 2500 HP technologies through the driller with costs of $3.5 million reaching to total daily production of 3,500 bbl/d.

This came in line with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources’ (MoPMR) strategy aiming to increase the rates of production of oil and accelerate putting them on stream. 

It should be noted that the daily production of the company has doubled since it took over the management and operation of Badr -1 in 2014 when the production was between 700 to 800 bbl/d. 

WEPCO has an ambitious development plan for the exploratory and developmental wells in addition to benefit from the existing infrastructure as it will drill three exploratory wells in addition to six developmental wells during the coming period.