VOL. XXXV

NO. 24

16-MARCH-1992

Bahrain

Harken Plugs First Offshore Bahrain Wildcat as Dry Hole

Harken Energy Corp. of Dallas has announced that it has plugged its firstexploratory well in offshore Bahrain as a dry hole, after finding no evidence ofoil or gas in two formations. The well - Jarim No. 2 in the Fasht al-Jarim reefin Bahrain's northern offshore waters about 30 kms. from the coast - was drilledto a total depth of 14,275 ft. to test the Permian Khuff formation. Harken saidthat electrical...