Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 48

30-Nov-2009

ALGERIA

EON Ruhrgas Spuds First In Seven Well Algerian Drilling Campaign

EON Ruhrgas has spudded the first of seven wells it plans to drill on the Rhourde Yacoub block in Algerias Berkine Basin that it picked up in last years upstream bid round. EON Ruhrgas says the first well is targeting a depth of more than 5,000ms, which it expects will take around 100 days to reach, while the entire drilling campaign is due to be wrapped up by mid-2012....