VOL. XXXIV 

NO. 51 

23-SEPTEMBER-1991

Egypt 

Test Results of Shell's Matruh Gas Discovery 

On final tests, Shell's new gas discovery well - Matruh 1.1 - in the Matruh permit in Egypt's Western Desert has flowed at a rate of 22mn cu. ft./day of gas and 2,200 b/d of condensates. This is higher than the rate given in earlier reports (MEES, 9 September). The well, the first in the Matruh permit, was drilled to a depth of 4,970 ms., and preliminary estimates...