Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 42

19-Oct-2009

EGYPT

Dana Gas Makes Two New Discoveries In Nile Delta

UAE-based Dana Gas has made two new discoveries in the onshore Nile Delta that are expected to add 86 bcf to its Egyptian gas reserves. The two wells Faraskur-1 and Marzouk-2 are the eighth and ninth gas discoveries in the companys 2008-09 drilling campaign. The first of these found 21ms of gas pay in the Upper Abu Madi formation, while the second well identified a gas and condensate...