Apex International Energy 宣布 Fajr-8 开发井经过测试，日产油量为 2,440 桶，水量可忽略不计。该井在巴哈里亚组砂岩中发现了 98 英尺的优质油层。该井已与生产设施连接，并于 5 月 8 日开始首次生产，距离钻机发布不到四天。

Fajr-8 井位于该公司东南梅莱哈 (SEM) 特许权西部沙漠，由法拉石油公司 (PetroFarah) 运营，该公司是 Apex 与埃及通用石油公司 (EGPC) 成立的合资运营公司2021 年 4 月。PetroFarah 最近庆祝了其安全高效运营的第一年，没有造成人员伤害或对环境造成损害。

Fajr-8 将是自 2021 年 3 月石油和矿产资源部长批准开发该商业发现以来 Fajr 油田的第五口生产井。与 SEM 正在生产的 Farah（三口井）和 Mashreq（一口井）油田一起也于 2021 年获批开发，本周 SEM 石油总产量预计将从目前的 4,300 桶/日增至 6,000 桶/日以上，共有 9 口井。所有油井的生产深度均小于 5,000 英尺。

Apex 表示，“etroFarah 在 2021 年取得了 Apex 三个新油田发现的快速发展，这证明了我们与 EGPC 之间的牢固关系和紧迫感，以增加 Apex 和埃及的石油产量。”创始人兼董事长罗杰·普朗克。

Apex 总裁兼首席执行官汤姆·马赫 (Tom Maher) 表示：“第二台钻机将于本月晚些时候在 SEM 投入使用，并且已确定多个钻井地点，我们期待着继续取得成功。” “我们还拥有 SEM 和邻近的 East Siwa 区块的其他勘探前景和线索的强大库存，在 2021 年 EGPC 投标回合中授予 Apex (50%) 和我们的合作伙伴埃尼子公司 IEOC (50%)。”

Apex 拥有 SEM 勘探特许权 100% 的工作权益，面积为 1,713 平方公里（661 平方英里）。该公司通过2016年EGPC勘探招标获得了特许权权益，并于2017年8月签署了特许权协议。

Apex International Energy announced the Fajr-8 development well was tested at a daily rate of 2,440 barrels of oil and negligible water. The well encountered 98 feet of high-quality oil pay in sandstone of the Bahariya Formation. The well was connected to production facilities and opened for the first production on May 8, less than four days from rig release.

The Fajr-8 well, in the Western Desert in the company’s South East Meleiha (SEM) concession, is operated by Farah Petroleum Company (PetroFarah), the joint venture operating company of Apex and the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) established in April 2021. PetroFarah recently celebrated its first year of safe and efficient operations with no injuries to people or harm to the environment.

Fajr-8 will be the fifth producing well in Fajr Field since the commercial discovery was approved for development by the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in March 2021. Together with the producing Farah (three wells) and Mashreq (one well) fields in SEM, also approved for development in 2021, total SEM oil production is expected to increase from 4,300 barrels per day currently to over 6,000 barrels per day from 9 total wells this week. All the wells produce from intervals less than 5,000 feet in depth.

“PetroFarah’s rapid development of the three new field discoveries made by Apex in 2021 is a testament to the strong relationship and sense of urgency we share with EGPC to increase Apex’s and Egypt’s oil production,” said Apex’s founder and Chairman, Roger Plank.

“With a second rig being utilized at SEM later this month, and numerous drilling locations identified, we look forward to continued development success,” said Tom Maher, Apex’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We also have a strong inventory of other exploration prospects and leads across SEM and the neighboring East Siwa block, awarded in the 2021 EGPC Bid Round to Apex (50%) and our partner, Eni subsidiary IEOC (50%).”

Apex holds a 100% working interest in the SEM exploration concession, encompassing 1,713 square kilometers (661 square miles). The company acquired the concession interest through the 2016 exploration bid round of EGPC and signed the concession agreement in August 2017.