- 产量达到每天 12,000 桶油当量 (boepd)
- 经审计的 2P 储量增长 14% 至 2900 万桶油当量 (mmboe)
- 拉斯卡塔拉新特许协议签署成为法律
- 卡塔拉洼地的勘探活动正在进行中
- 2024 年预算运营和资本支出 1 亿美元
- Apex 总裁兼首席执行官 Thomas Maher 表示：“自上次更新以来，我们一直专注于在与 IEOC 交易后成功整合我们的六个运营特许权和人员，这项交易现已获得回报，并反映在 Apex 的产量和储量的持续增长中。”

Apex International Energy (Apex) 提供了 2024 年上半年其在埃及西部沙漠产油区的八个特许权（其中 6 个已运营）的运营和商业发展情况的最新情况

。运营概览
截至 2024 年，Apex 已钻探10 口井。10 口钻井中有 6 口目前正在生产，1 口已完工，作为注水项目的供水井，2 口是正在等待完工的发现井，1 口是干井。利用 EDC-65 钻机进行的钻探活动主要集中在继续开发 Apex 的 Fajr 和 Farah 油田、圈定 Mashreq-N 和 RAM 油田并进行勘探，这些均在 Southeast Meleiha (SEM) 特许区内，并在 Ras Qattara 特许区的 Zarif 油田钻探一口承诺井。

最近的 Fajr 井 Fajr-40 在 5 月底从 Upper Bahariya (UBAH) 地层以持续 500 桶/天 (bopd) 的速率进行测试，目前已投入生产。

UBAH 的成功测试确立了在 Fajr 油田区域进一步开发该层位的可行性，以及在现有中巴哈里亚 (MBAH) 生产井的 UBAH 耗尽后重新完井 UBAH 地层的可行性。

在 Zarif 油田，Zarif 47 于 2023 年 2 月钻探，这是旧 Ras Qattara 特许协议下的最后一口承诺井，Zarif 49 于 2024 年 4 月钻探，这是新签署的 Ras Qattara 特许协议要求的两口承诺井之一，这两口井均已完井并于第二季度初投入生产。5

月份钻探的 RAM-3 井进一步描绘了 Qattara 凹陷的 RAM 油田（于 2023 年 8 月发现），并测试了下巴哈里亚和中巴哈里亚的天然气和凝析油。该油井将暂时废弃，以便将来完成天然气开采，可能与附近未来的深层天然气勘探前景相结合。

在其未运营的特许权（25% 权益；IEOC 运营）中，东 Obaiyed 特许权区 Faramid 项目的天然气产量保持稳定，约为每天 2300 万立方英尺，或 3,830 桶油当量/天（Apex 净产 960 桶油当量/天），来自两口井。在西南 Meleiha 特许权区，SMEL C-1X 勘探井在 Bahariya 地层中发现了石油，并于 5 月投入生产，产量约为每天 400 桶油当量（Apex 净产 100 桶油当量/天）。

总权益产量曾多次达到 12,000 桶油当量/天，2024 年上半年平均产量在 11,500-12,000 桶油当量/天之间，使 Apex 跻身埃及十大液体生产商之列。

在勘探方面，在 SEM 特许地的 Qattara 凹陷，SEMR-D1X 勘探井的钻探于 5 月底开始。该井在约 9,000 英尺-MD 处达到 TD。该井在 Dabaa 地层中遇到了 81 英尺连续、高度多孔的气层，在 Apollonia 地层中遇到了 28 英尺计算的气层，在上巴哈里亚 (UBAH) 中遇到了 12 英尺的油层。在主要目标 Alam El-Bueib (AEB) 砂岩中未发现商业碳氢化合物，并且该井的下部已被封堵并废弃，以准备测试 UBAH 产油层。EDC-65 钻机接下来将钻探 SEMR-E1X 勘探井。该井的目标是 AEB，同时在巴哈里亚和其他较浅层位也具有勘探前景。 SEMR-E1X 之后，EDC-65 钻机将在 2024 年投入使用，同时公司将评估迄今为止从运营中收集的数据，并规划未来的开发和勘探活动。在东锡瓦，Apex 与 IEOC 合作，拥有 50% 的股份，2D 地震数据的再处理工作已接近完成，之后将从已确定的勘探区中选择勘探钻井位置。截至 2023 年底，公司的独立储量审计师最近完成了对储量的评估。经审计的 2P 储量为 29.1 百万桶油当量（Apex 工作权益），而 2022 年底为 25.5 百万桶油当量，增长了 14%。这与公司截至该日期的内部估计约 3000 万百万桶油当量一致，并使 Apex 成为截至该日期西部沙漠前 10 名商业储量持有者之一。商业概览 2024 年 5 月 27 日，石油部长签署了埃及政府、埃及石油公司、Apex 和 INA-Industrija Nafte, dd 之间关于 Ras Qattara 的新特许协议，固定期限为 5 年，经部长批准可选择再延长 5 年。这项新协议包括将延长油田经济寿命和最终采收率的条款，并包括两口井的钻探承诺，其中第一口井 Zarif 49 已于今年早些时候完工并投入生产。Apex 目前正在与埃及石油公司谈判，将其 SEM 勘探面积的期限延长 3 年，即 2024 年 11 月即将到期的期限，并更新西拉扎克和东卡纳耶斯特许权的商业条款，这些特许权拥有成熟的 Aghar 和其他油田。新的财政条款将延长 Aghar 油田的经济寿命，并允许更有效地消耗储量。该公司在 2024 年对埃及勘探、开发和生产业务的总预算承诺超过 1 亿美元，其中包括工作计划的运营和资本支出。最后，Apex 宣布公司工程副总裁兼 PetroFarah 合资公司董事总经理/总经理 Keith Dowling 将于 2024 年 7 月 31 日退休。Dowling 先生是公司的联合创始人，于 2016 年加入 Apex，自 2019 年起在开罗办事处工作。Tom Everitt 在上游石油行业拥有 30 年的职业生涯，主要就职于壳牌，其中 6 年在埃及工作。他将加入开罗 Apex，并在 Dowling 先生离职后担任其职责和职位。Apex 总裁兼首席执行官 Thomas Maher 表示：“自上次更新以来，我们一直专注于在与 IEOC 交易后成功整合我们的六个经营特许经营权和人员。” “这一努力的成功体现在 Apex 产量和储量的持续增长上，我要感谢 Apex 和 PetroFarah 团队以及我们的合作伙伴、承包商和供应商为实现这一目标所做的杰出努力。” Maher 继续说道，“我还想借此机会代表董事会感谢 Keith Dowling 为公司的发展做出的许多宝贵贡献。我们祝愿他和他的妻子 Joan 在退休和返回美国后一切顺利。我们也欢迎 Tom Everitt 加入公司。Tom 的丰富经验，尤其是他在埃及和西部沙漠的多年经验，将帮助 Apex 继续其增长轨迹和进步。”

- Production reaches 12,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd)
- Audited 2P reserves climb 14% to 29 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe)
- Ras Qattara new concession agreement signed into law
- Exploration campaign in Qattara Depression in progress
- Budgeted US$100 million of operating and capital expenditures in 2024
- Thomas Maher, Apex’s President and CEO said: “Since our last update we have continued to focus on the successful integration of our six operated concessions and personnel following our transaction with IEOC, which is now paying off and is reflected in Apex’s continued growth in production and reserves.”

Apex International Energy (Apex) provided an update on operations and commercial developments from its eight concessions (6 operated) in the Western Desert oil producing region of Egypt for the first half of 2024.

Operations Overview
To date in 2024, Apex has drilled 10 wells. Six of the 10 drilled wells are currently producing, one has been completed as a water supply well for a water injection project, two are discoveries waiting on completions and one was a dry hole. The drilling campaign utilizing the EDC-65 rig has focused on continued development of Apex’s Fajr and Farah fields, delineation of the Mashreq-N and RAM fields and exploration, all in the Southeast Meleiha (SEM) concession, and drilling a commitment well in the Zarif field in the Ras Qattara concession.

The most recent Fajr well, the Fajr-40, tested at a sustained rate of 500 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from the Upper Bahariya (UBAH) formation in late May and has now been placed into production.

The successful test of the UBAH establishes the viability of further development of this horizon in the Fajr field area as well as the later recompletion to the UBAH formation in the existing Middle Bahariya (MBAH) producers once the MBAH is depleted in those wells.

In the Zarif field, the Zarif 47 drilled in February 2023, which was the last commitment well under the old Ras Qattara concession agreement, and the Zarif 49 drilled in April 2024, which is one of two commitment wells required under the newly signed Ras Qattara concession agreement, were both completed as producers in the UBAH and placed into production earlier in the second quarter.

The RAM-3 well drilled in May provided further delineation of the RAM field in the Qattara Depression (discovered August 2023) and tested gas and condensate from the Lower Bahariya and Middle Bahariya. The well will be temporarily abandoned for a possible future gas completion, potentially in conjunction with future deep gas exploration prospects in the vicinity.

In its non-operated concessions (25% interest; IEOC-operated), gas production from the Faramid project in the East Obaiyed concession has remained stable at approximately 23 million cubic feet per day, or 3,830 boepd (960 boepd net to Apex) from two wells. In the South West Meleiha concession, the SMEL C-1X exploration well encountered oil in the Bahariya formation and was placed on production in May at a rate of approximately 400 bopd (100 bopd net to Apex).

Total working interest production has hit 12,000 boepd on several occasions and averaged between 11,500-12,000 boepd throughout 1H 2024, placing Apex amongst the top 10 liquids producers in Egypt.

On the exploration front, in the Qattara Depression in the SEM concession, drilling of the SEMR-D1X exploration well started in late May. The well reached TD at approximately 9,000 feet-MD. The well encountered 81 feet of continuous, highly porous gas pay in the Dabaa formation, 28 feet of calculated gas pay in the Apollonia Formation and 12 feet of oil pay in the Upper Bahariya (UBAH). No commercial hydrocarbons were found in the primary target Alam El-Bueib (AEB) sandstones, and the lower portion of the well has been plugged and abandoned in preparation for testing of the UBAH pay zone. The EDC-65 rig will next drill the SEMR-E1X exploration well. This well targets the AEB while also having prospectivity in the Bahariya and other shallower horizons. Following the SEMR-E1X, the EDC-65 rig will be released while the Company assesses the data gathered from operations to date in 2024 and plans future development and exploration campaigns. In East Siwa, where Apex operates with IEOC as a 50% partner, reprocessing of 2D seismic data is almost complete, after which an exploration drilling location will be selected from among the identified prospects. The Company’s independent reserve auditors recently completed their assessment of reserves as of year-end 2023. Audited 2P reserves stood at 29.1 mmboe (Apex working interest) versus 25.5 mmboe at year-end 2022, an increase of 14%. This is in line with the Company’s internal estimates of approximately 30 million mmboe as of that date, and places Apex among the top 10 commercial reserves holders in the Western Desert as of that date. Commercial Overview On May 27, 2024, the Minister of Petroleum signed the new concession agreement for Ras Qattara between the government of Egypt, EGPC, Apex and INA-Industrija Nafte, d.d., with a firm term of 5 years, with an option to extend for an additional 5 years with Minister approval. This new agreement includes terms that will extend the economic life and ultimate recovery from the field and includes a two-well drilling commitment, the first of which, the Zarif 49, was completed and placed into production earlier this year. Apex is currently negotiating with EGPC to extend the term of its SEM exploration acreage for 3 years beyond its upcoming expiration date in November 2024, and to modernize commercial terms in the West Razzak and East Kanayes concessions that host the mature Aghar and other oil fields. The new fiscal terms would extend the economic life of the Aghar fields and allow more efficient depletion of reserves. The Company’s total budgetary commitment to exploration, development and production operations in Egypt during 2024 exceeds $100 million, including operating and capital expenditures for the work program. Finally, Apex announces the retirement of Keith Dowling, the Company’s Vice President of Engineering and Managing Director/General Manager of the PetroFarah joint venture, effective July 31, 2024. Mr. Dowling, a co-founder of the Company, joined Apex in 2016 and has been in the Cairo office since 2019. Tom Everitt, who comes from a 30-year career in the upstream oil industry, primarily with Shell, including 6 years in Egypt, will be joining Apex in Cairo and assuming Mr. Dowling’s responsibilities and positions upon his departure. “Since our last update we have continued to focus on the successful integration of our six operated concessions and personnel following our transaction with IEOC,” said Thomas Maher, Apex’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “The success in that effort is reflected in Apex’s continuedgrowth in production and reserves, and I would like to thank the Apex and PetroFarah teams and our partners, contractors and vendors for their outstanding efforts in making this possible.” Maher continued, “I would also like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Board of Directors to thank Keith Dowling for his many invaluable contributions to the Company’s progress. We wish him and his wife Joan all the best in their retirement and repatriation to the United States. We also welcome Tom Everitt to the Company. Tom’s extensive experience and especially his years in Egypt and the Western Desert will help Apex to continue its growth trajectory and progress.”