Hey everyone! Guess what? Egypt just found a new oil discovery in their Western Desert! 🌵🏜️ That’s like finding hidden treasure beneath the sand! 🏴☠️
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) announced that they struck oil in a place called the Abu Sennan field. They’ve drilled a new well called GPR-1X, and it’s showing some seriously exciting results! 🤩
This well could produce up to 1,400 barrels of oil every day, along with about one million cubic feet of gas! That’s a lot of energy to power homes, cars, and more! 🚗🏠
But wait, there’s more! This discovery might add two million barrels to Egypt’s oil reserves. That’s like adding more fuel to a giant tank for future use! ⛽️
Mr. Mohamed Abdel Majeed, the chairman of EGPC, said they’re still testing the well, but things are looking great. They’ve also found signs that there might be even more oil in nearby areas called the Abu Rawash G and B formations. 📈
What’s super cool is that this is the second big find in just three months! And do you know how they did it? They used artificial intelligence (that’s computers that can think and learn) to help them discover these hidden resources! 🤖💡
This shows that the Western Desert still has many secrets waiting to be found, especially when using high-tech tools. Who knows what else is buried under those sands? 🧐
Egypt is working hard to become an important place for trading oil and natural gas. They have already found other huge gas fields like the Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which has a massive amount of gas! 🌊⛴️
Isn’t it amazing how technology and exploration can help countries find new resources? Maybe someday, you could be a scientist or engineer discovering new things, too! 🚀🔬
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
