壳牌和阿帕奇明年初在埃及西沙漠开始页岩气生产
中国石化新闻网讯 据《非洲石油》5月28日开罗报道，由于壳牌公司和阿帕奇公司计划明年初在位于埃及西沙漠的Apollonia气田开始生产页岩气，埃及正在接近为本国的能源结构增加一种新的气源??页岩气。
据悉，壳牌公司和阿帕奇公司的第二口页岩气井将在明年下半年投产。阿帕奇公司在埃及的合资企业Khalda石油公司将为两家公司开展业务。
埃及石油总公司董事长莫拉日前在接受《埃及每日新闻》记者采访时表示，Khalda石油公司将在Apollonia气田开钻两口试验井，随后将进行岩心取样和测井来研究和评价这个气田。
莫拉说，第一口页岩气井预计在5月底前开始钻井作业，第二口页岩气井是否钻取将根据第一口井岩心取样和测井的结果。两家公司将在11月份开始钻取水平井。
据悉，两家公司在去年12月与埃及石油总公司签署了页岩气勘探协议。
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Shale Gas on the Horizon for Egypt
May 28, 2015
Petroleum Africa
Egypt is getting closer to adding shale gas to its energy mix with the news that Shell and Apache Corp. will start production from the Apollonia field in the Western Desert early next year, with a second coming onstream in H2 2016.
Apache’s JV in Egypt, the Khalda Petroleum Co., is carrying out operations for both companies.
Khalda Petroleum will start drilling two experimental wells in the Apollonia field. Core samples and logging will be taken to study and evaluate the field, said Tarek El Molla, Chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC), in an interview with Daily News Egypt.
Drilling operations are expected to start on the first well by the end of May, with the second well to start upon completion of the first if the study of core samples and well logs indicate positive results. The two companies will start drilling the horizontal wells in November, according to El Molla.
The deal for the two firms to take on shale gas exploration was signed with EGPC in December.
