The Western Desert Operating Petroleum Company (WEPCO), an Egyptian state‐established energy firm, has raised its daily natural gas output to 8,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) following the integration of the 5st-10 development well at the Badr-1 field onshore the Western Desert.
The new well was drilled at a depth of 5,000 meters from the lower Kharita formation, a geological formation commonly found in the Western Desert, and it reached an initial output of 25 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) of natural gas, equivalent to 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent. It is currently operating at a controlled rate of 12 million cubic feet of gas and 300 barrels of condensates per day, to maintain reservoir integrity and ensure sustainable production, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Through drilling exploratory and development wells, WEPCO has transformed the Badr-1 field from a crude oil-only site into a promising oil and gas produce. Accordingly, the new well raised the company’s total gas output to 20 mcf/d, directly boosting the overall daily production to 8,300 boe.
Badr field consists of three main producing reservoirs: Kharita, Bahariya and Abu Roash since 1982. Badr 1-1 well was the first well to be drilled in Badr concession on 1981 by Shell. Consequently, Bader El-Din Company has been formed according to the development agreement in the early 1980s. Since November 2014 till now Badr Field is operated by WEPCO with 100% Egyptian Expertise
