United Oil & Gas Plc announced the completion of drilling operations on the ASW-1X exploration well in the Abu Sennan licence, onshore Egypt. United holds a 22% non-operating interest in the Abu Sennan licence, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt (‘KEE'). The ASW-1X well was drilled to a Total Depth of 3,640 metres, 10 days ahead of schedule and under budget.

Although the well encountered net reservoir in the Abu Roash, Bahariya, and Alam El Bueib targets, the logs did not indicate the presence of hydrocarbons. The results from the ASW-1X will be integrated into the company's subsurface understanding of the Abu Sennan licence, and the additional data used to help prioritise future drilling locations. The well will now be plugged and abandoned and the Sino Tharwa-1 rig will be mobilised to drill the first well of the 2023 drilling campaign.

This will be the ASH-8 development well, targeting an undrilled area of the ASH field.