Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 18

04-May-2009

syria

Gulfsands Discovers Oil At KHE-8 And Spuds New Well KHE-9

Gulfsands Petroleum announced on 23 April that it had completed drilling operations on Khurbet East well No 8 (KHE-8) and has identified an oil column in what was originally anticipated to be a field delineation well located on the southern limits of the KHE field within Block 26 in northeast Syria. KHE-8 flowed under artificial lift at a stabilized rate of 617 b/d and with no lift...