Technical Report International Bid Round 2018
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International Bid Round 2018 Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources EGAS Technical Report 1 EGYPTIAN NATURAL GAS HOLDING COMPANY International Bid Round 2018 EGAS Ministry of Petroleum To Explore/Exploit For Gas & Crude Oil In Mediterranean Sea & Onshore Nile Delta and Mineral Resources International Bid Round 2018 EGAS Agreements (Exploration) EGPC Agreements (Development) Protectorate areas EGAS Agreements (Development) EGPC Agreements Under EGAS Supervision (Development) Restricted areas Ministry of Petroleum Introduction and Mineral Resources EGAS EGAS’ 2018 International Bid Round comprises sixteen (16) exploration blocks, offered for competitive bidders under Production Sharing-type Agreement (PSA). Thirteen (13) blocks, out of the sixteen, are situated offshore Mediterranean Sea, while the remaining three (3) blocks lie onshore Nile Delta. The thirteen offshore blocks comprise blocks 1 to 6 and blocks 18 to 24, with areal extents ranging between 1959 km2 (Block 2) and 2301 km2 Block (24). The majority of these offshore blocks are located in moderate, deep to ultra-deep water depth settings, except for Block 1 which lies in shallow to moderate water depths with its southern boundary bordered by the Mediterranean shoreline and its northern boundary in an area attaining a maximum water depth of 450m. The three (3) onshore blocks comprise Block 9, Block 10 and Block 11 with areal extents of 2035 km2, 1418 km2 and 1535 km2 respectively. Two of these onshore blocks (blocks 10 & 11) are situated in the Nile Delta region between the two branches of the Nile River, while the third one (Block 9) is located in northeastern portion of the Western Desert, directly to the west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile River. Ministry of Petroleum Fields/Discoveries & Production Facilities and Mineral Resources EGAS 24 23 21 22 18 19 20 3 6 5 4 2 1 10 11 9 Offered Blocks Gas-Condensate Fields/Discoveries Condensate Pipeline Gas Fields/Discoveries Gas Pipeline Oil Pipeline Ministry of Petroleum Nile Delta Basin & Offshore North Sinai - Structural Framework and Mineral Resources EGAS 24 23 21 22 18 19 20 3 4 2 6 5 1 10 11 9 Offered Blocks Gas-Condensate Fields/Discoveries Minor Faults Gas Fields/Discoveries Major Fault Trends Pelusium Line Ministry of Petroleum Nile Delta Basin and Mineral Resources EGAS 24 23 Nile Coastal/Deep Water Sub-Basin (Nile Delta Basin) 18 19 21 22 20 Herodotus 3 2 Basin 4 Levantine 6 5 Deep Marine Basin Nile Delta Basin 1 Alamein Sub Basin- 10 11 Nile Delta Basin 9 Syrian Arc Northern Egypt Basin Northern Egypt Basin Ministry of Petroleum Nile Delta Offshore - Geological Domains and Mineral Resources EGAS 24 23 21 22 18 19 20 Platform West 3 4 2 6 5 Diapiric Salt Nile Cone Basin 1 10 11 9 International Bid Round 2018 Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources EGAS Offshore Blocks 1 International Bid Round 2018 Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1 West El Arish Offshore 1 Ministry of Petroleum Block Summary and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore Location: West El Arish Block is located offshore in the southeastern corner of the North East Mediterranean Sea region. It is situated directly to the northwest of El Arish city, with the Mediterranean shoreline forming its southern boundary. The northern boundary of West El Arish Block lies seaward at approximately 53 km (north) where it attains a maximum water depth of 450 m. The block is situated at a considerable distance to the east of the well-established infrastructure for gas-condensate production/ transportation of the Temsah- TotalAkhen Area:trend of2281gas Km-condensate2 fields. Total Area: 2280 Km2 Water Depth: 0 – 450 m Previous Concessionaire: Total, IEOC & Tharwa Nearby Fields & Discoveries: West El Arish Offshore Block comprises the Mango-1 oil discovery in its northern part. Ministry of Petroleum Block Coordinates and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore 1 6 No. Latitude Longitude 2 3 1 31° 36' 00" 33° 51' 00" 2 31° 33' 00" 33° 51' 00" 3 31° 33' 00" 33° 54' 00" Area : 2280 Km2 Intersection of long. 33° 54' 00" 4 with the Mediterranean 33° 54' 00" Shore line Intersection of long. 33° 26' 00" 5 with the Mediterranean 33° 26' 00" Shore line 6 31° 36' 00" 33° 26' 00" 4 5 Ministry of Petroleum Wellbase Map and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore All wells were drilled on Syrian Arc Structural closures mapped on 2D seismic data; except for El Arish-1 well which was drilled on a Pliocene target based on 3D seismic mapping. Ministry of Petroleum Wells Information Summary and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore No. Well Name Company Spud Date Compl. Date Latitude (N) Longitude (E) TD (m) T.D. Formation/Age Status 1 Gal-1 ISRAEL 26/May/1969 26/Sep/1969 31° 20' 22.00" 33° 44' 57.00" 2767 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 2 Ziv-1 ISRAEL 5/May/1977 2/Nov/1977 31° 15' 30.00" 33° 38' 00.00" 3338 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 3 Dag-1 ISRAEL 8/Nov/1977 19/Feb/1978 31° 20' 20.716" 33° 39' 18.627" 2528 Lower Cretaceous T&A Oil shows 4 Mango-1 TOTAL 24/Sep/1985 1/Feb/1986 31° 30' 29.10" 33° 39' 18.68" 4655 Jurassic T&A (Oil and Gas) 5 Einab-1 TOTAL 19/Oct/1986 15/Jan/1987 31° 21' 25.89" 33° 47' 46.82" 2725 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 6 Mango-2 TOTAL 25/Oct/1986 28/Jan/1987 31° 32' 36.60" 33° 39' 21.70" 3302 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 7 Touffah-1 IEOC 17/Oct/1988 26/Feb/1989 31° 20' 40.19" 33° 39' 35.20" 2820 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 8 Mango-3 IEOC 2/Oct/1988 12/Jan/1989 31° 31' 34.63" 33° 39' 39.716" 2915 Lower Cretaceous P&A as Dry Hole 9 El Arish-A1 THARWA 16/Dec/2010 19/Jan/2011 31° 34' 23.60" 33° 37' 33.90" 1796 Rosetta / U.Miocene P&A as Dry Hole Ministry of Petroleum 2D & 3D Seismic Data Coverage and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore 2D Seismic Data (Segy Standard Format) Survey Name Digital 2D Data (Km) No. of Seismic Lines BG 783.1 41 NS-86 384.8 32 NS-89 416.1 14 GE 5.4 1 TGS EG 28.8 1 Total 1618.2 89 3D Seismic Surveys (Segy Standard Format) Survey Name Area (km2) El Arish 1322 Ministry of Petroleum Geological Context and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore West El Arish Offshore Block is located in the eastern portion of the offshore part of North Sinai Peninsula, and occupies the southeastern end of the NE Mediterranean Region. In this setting, the block is crossed by two distinct structural domains comprising the Pelusium Mega Shear and the Syrian Arc Structures. The Pelusium Line comprises a NE-SW shear lineament separating the Sinai Plate to the south from the Levant Plate to the north; and crosses the block at its northwestern corner. The Syrian Arc structures comprise large buried inversion anticlines initiated in the Late Mesozoic and continued slightly during the Cenozoic, and formed NE-trending asymmetrical folds in Syria and the far northern parts of Egypt. Offshore North Sinai hosts the northeastern extension of this trend of anticlinal structures in Egypt. Some of the Syrian Arc anticlines were tested in the 1 area of the block with negative results. However, one of these buried anticlinal structures, located in the northern part of the block, was drilled by the Mango-1 well in 1985, which was tested and flowed oil at a rate of 10000 BOPD from the Lower Cretaceous sandstones. Following the appraisal drilling of the Mango discovery, Total company decided not to develop the discovery due to sub- commerciality. Despite being of sub-commercial value, the well results indicate the presence of a working hydrocarbon system with potential for oil generation in the area. It is to be noted that the past exploration activity in the block, during the period from 1969 to 1989, was mainly focused on testing the hydrocarbon potential of the Syrian Arc structures. At that time, seeking reefal carbonate reservoirs in these structures was not neglected. However, after 25 years, the discovery of substantial gas volumes in reefal carbonate build up reservoir of Cretaceous age (Zohr discovery of 2015) may attract explorationists to revisit the area and tackle this play through reprocessing of existing data and/or the acquisition of leading edge technology 3D seismic surveys. The depth setting of this play in West El Arish Offshore Block is much shallower than that at the Zohr discovery. Ministry of Petroleum Generalized Stratigraphic Column and Mineral Resources EGAS Block 1: West El Arish Offshore West El Arish Offshore Block is situated to the east of the eastern periphery of the Nile Delta Basin, with east-ward thinning of Plio- Pleistocene sediments. These sediments have thicknesses ranging from 532 m (Einab-1) to 1462 m (El Arish-1) and unconformably rest over older rocks of Miocene age. The deepest penetration in the block was made by the Mango-1 well which was bottomed at 4655 m MD in the Jurassic rocks. • The main source for hydrocarbon charge, in the area of the block, comprises the Lower and Middle Jurassic shales. • The main reservoirs are: the Lower Cretaceous sandstones and the Upper Cretaceous Carbonates. • The trapping mechanism is mainly provided by structural-type traps comprising faulted 4-way dip anticlinal closures of the Syrian Arc System.