The discovery of a new oil field in Western Sahara

General Petroleum Company discovered, new petroleum fields, in Abu Sinan Western Sahara region, leading to an increase in Egypt's oil riches, and support the reserves and increased production of oil and natural gas.

And the transfer of the Arab site Egypt, for Tahir Zafzaf, President of the General Petroleum Company, as saying that the well drilling at the end of January, as the recordings of electrical wells showed the presence of layers carrier hydrocarbon, was the well test, to give 1358 barrels oil per day, on the slot and one-inch production, and degree quality 40.2 degrees.

"The Zafzaf" that the recoverable reserves of this disclosure, an estimated 2.2 million barrels of oil from the sands of the upper marine layer, and about 11 billion cubic feet of gas sand layer Abu Rawash (G).

This is a new discovery of the characteristic findings of the geological structures of the Western Sahara, in a concession to General Petroleum Company areas, as a completely Egyptian, are still areas give more possibilities and petroleum reserves.

This, and this contributes to the detection in encouraging drill a number of wells in similar compositions, after reducing the proportion of risk to it, through the achievement of this disclosure, and the development of reserves, leading to increase Egypt's petroleum wealth and support reserves and increase production of oil and natural gas.