f Finding the Sweet Spots in a Large Under-Explored Block – Refocusing Exploration in the Northeast Mediterranean Deep Water Area

S021 FINDING THE SWEET SPOTS IN A LARGE UNDER-EXPLORED BLOCK – REFOCUSING EXPLORATION IN THE NORTHEAST MEDITERRANEAN DEEP WATER AREA 1 To optimise Shell Egypt’s exploration strategy in the Nemed block a regional framework study has been completed involving calibration with the whole offshore Nile Delta. The current hydrocarbon discoveries in the area (c. 36 Tcf of gas) fall into a number of discrete trends. The aim of the study was to use a hydrocarbon system analysis to understand the controls on these trends. The remaining exploration ‘sweet spots’ have been predicted where the chances of optimal charge migration reservoir