Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 51-52

21/28-Dec-2009

syria

Gulfsands Completes New Khurbet East Development Well

Gulfsands Petroleum announced on 17 December that development well Khurbet East-13 (KHE-13) on Block 26 in Syria has intersected a 29ms net oil column and flowed oil. The well encountered the top of the Cretaceous Massive Formation and was drilled to a depth of 1,990ms, with an open-hole drill stem test flowing an average 1,020 b/d of oil over a 24-hour period. The successful...