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SDX Energy Africa

SDX Energy is an international energy company, listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. SDX has a balanced portfolio of production, development and exploration assets across Egypt and Morocco. SDX aims to deliver value for shareholders by growing its low cost, high margin production profile.

MOROCCO


Operations » Morocco

SDX has a 75% operated working interest across the Moroccan portfolio, which includes the Sebou Central, Gharb Occidental, Moulay Bouchta Ouest, and Lalla Mimouna Sud exploration permits, plus a number of exploitation concessions containing the producing wells. SDX sells the gas produced by its Moroccan assets to eight customers at contracted prices of between US$10-US$12/Mcf.

The Company’s Moroccan acreage (SDX 75% working interest and operator) consists of four concessions, all of which are located in the Gharb Basin in northern Morocco:

  • Sebou
  • Gharb Centre
  • Lalla Mimouna Sud

Moulay Bouchta Ouest

Lalla Mimouna Nord


  • Working interest 75%
  • 1371 km2 permit, with 154 km2 of 3D seismic
  • 2018 thermogenic gas discoveries being appraised with the testing of the LMS-2 well in 2021
  • New play at Top Nappe level proven by LMS, with potential for large prospects across the acreage

Lalla Mimouna Sud


  • Working interest 75%
  • 857 km2 permit, under-explored with strong potential
  • Commitment to acquire 3D seismic.

Gharb Occidental (Centre)


  • Working interest 75%
  • 1343 km2 permit, with over 450 km2 of 3D seismic.
  • Proven productive gas region
  • Recent discoveries at OYF-2 and BMK-1 have extended the core play fairway and derisked P50 prospective resources in excess of 20 bcf unrisked.

Sebou


  • Working interest 75%
  • 210 km2 permit, of which 134 is covered with 3D seismic.
  • Current production hub.
  • Remaining prospectivity to be targeted in the 2021 drilling campaign.

Moulay Bouchta Ouest


  • Working interest 75%
  • 458 km2 permit, underexplored near old depleted oil fields
  • Proven shallow gas at various wells
  • Commitment to acquire 3D seismic.

Since 2017, SDX has performed an active drilling programme in our Gharb basin concessions, achieving a success rate of over 80% to date. Two of the discoveries, OYF-2 and BMK-1, proved an extension of the Company’s core productive area to the north. SDX estimates a recoverable resource of 2.2-2.8 bcf of gas for these wells, and a de-risked c.20 bcf of P50 prospective resources in the surrounding acreage.

Sebou Central

The Sebou Concession, located in the Gharb Basin, was acquired by SDX Energy in May of 2016 and 2D and 3D seismic surveys have been conducted over the majority of the Concession. As the current core area of production, it contributes in excess of 7.0 MMscf/day (1,166 boepd). 27 wells have been drilled in that area since 2008, resulting in 22 discoveries (a success rate of over 80%).

SDX also owns a 75% interest in the Kenitra industrial zone pipeline and local gas distribution network, with the concessions production being delivered directly to its customers in this area through the 8” 55km pipeline, that has a capacity of 20 MMscfd.

In Q2 2017, SDX received confirmation of the renewal of the Sebou exploration permit for eight years after committing to drill three exploration wells in the first four years. SDX also received confirmation of extensions to the following producing concessions in Sebou:

  • Sidi Al Harati SW to 20 September 2023;
  • Sidi Al Harati W to 17 October 2024;
  • Ksiri Central to 18 January 2025;
  • Oulad N’Zala Central to 15 May 2025.

EGYPT


Operations » Egypt

SDX Energy is actively involved in exploration and development activities in Egypt’s Eastern Desert and the Nile Delta.

South Disouq

The South Disouq concession in the Nile Delta contains the producing South Disouq, Ibn Yunus and Sobhi gas fields. In 2017 the South Disouq field was discovered by well SD-1X, which flow-tested gas at 26 MMscf/d from the Abu Madi Formation; this was followed in 2018 by appraisal wells SD-3X and SD-4X. In 2018 the Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well discovered gas in the basal Kafr El Sheikh Formation and was successfully flow tested at 39 MMscf/d.

South Disouq


  • 55% interest and operator
  • Located in the Nile Delta north of Cairo.

Meseda


  • 50% interest (non-op)
  • The Meseda and Rabul Fields lie in the 45km2 concession situated onshore in the highly prospective West Gharib blocks
    G & H, on the west side Gulf of Suez.

The construction of a Central Processing Facility, a 10 km export pipeline, and the tie-ins for the four existing production wells at South Disouq and Ibn Yunus was completed in 2019. First gas was achieved, on time and on budget, in Q4 2019 at a gross plateau production rate of 50 MMscf/d, three months ahead of expectations. South Disouq and Ibn Yunus fields are operated by SDX Energy with 55 % working interest, with IPR Energy holding the remaining 45% working interest.

In 2020 the SD-12X Sobhi discovery flow tested gas at 25 MMscf/d from sands in the basal Kafr El Sheikh Formation. The Company elected to drill the Sobhi well at a 100% working interest. In December 2020, a month ahead of expectations, Sobhi was tied in to the South Disouq gas facilities via a 5.8 km connection to the Ibn Yunus-1X location, where an existing flow line connects to the South Disouq CPF. In July 2021, development well IY-2 was drilled at the Ibn Yunus field and discovered gas in the BKES sandstones, and came online in August 2021.

West Gharib

In the Eastern Desert, the Meseda and Rabul fields are situated in the G and H blocks respectively within the West Gharib concession.  SDX Energy holds a 50% non-operated working interest in both blocks. The Company continues with the drilling of regular appraisal and development wells to maintain stable production. In Q1 2020, the RB-3 well was successfully drilled for completion as a producer, adding around 300 bbl/d to the overall production of the asset. A 13 well drilling campaign kicked off with MSD-21 in October 2021, with drilling expected to continue to 2023.

London – Head Office


38 Welbeck Street
W1G 8DP
London
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0) 203 219 5640
Fax: +44 (0) 203 219 5655

Egypt


Road 261, no. 10,
New Maadi
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone: +(20) 2 2599 5200
Fax: +(20) 2 3536 5765

Morocco


Forum 6, Rue Ibrahim Tadili
Bureau n 10 & 11 – 2 eme Etage
Souissi – Rabat
Kingdom of Morocco

Telephone: +212 537 635 656
Fax: +212 537 656 314

https://www.sdxenergygroup.com/

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