The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum announced a new petroleum investigation into the Abu Saanan region of Western Sahara.
According to the Emirates News Agency, the inspection was achieved after drilling the Salmiya-5 well and placing it on the production map at a rate of 4100 barrels of crude oil and 18 million cubic feet of gas per day, and the new detection is located In the geological map layer, at a depth of 14,400 feet.
A major oil discovery was achieved in December 2019 in the exploration well ASH-2, which was put on production at a rate of 7 thousand barrels of crude oil, and 10 million cubic feet Gas.
