Oil and Gas Discovery

U.S.-based Apache Corporation, partnering with Egypt’s General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), announced a new natural gas discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said. The find followed drilling of the SKAL-1X exploratory well in the South Kalabsha area, with initial tests showing daily output of around 26 million cubic feet of gas and 2,700 barrels of condensates.