Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 46

16-Nov-2009

syria

IPRMEL Announces Second Oil Discovery In Syria

IPR Mediterranean Exploration Ltd (IPRMEL) has announced that it made a second oil discovery at the Abu Khashab-1 well in the northeastern part of Block 24 in Syria. According to the September issue of the IPR Gazette, the well encountered very good oil and gas shows in the porous carbonates of the Jeribe formation of Miocene age at the shallow depth of 949ms. The well tested at 856 b/d of 34...