VOL. XXXIV

NO. 31

6-MAY-1991

Egypt

BG Completes Appraisal Well in North Zaafarana Tract

British Gas (BG) has completed the first appraisal well on its Warda oildiscovery in the offshore North Zaafarana tract in the Gulf of Suez. Theappraisal well, HB 77-1, tested at a combined rate of over 10,000 b/d of heavy14- 23 API crude oil from six intervals between 5,000 and 6,200 ft. Thediscovery well, designated HB 78-2 Warda, was made late last year and tested ata combined rate of 7,500 b/d also of heavy...