Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 17

27-Apr-2009

Jordan

Porosity Completes Drilling Of Second Dead Sea Dry Well

The Porosity Ltd subsidiary of the Saudi Oger Group, which operates a block in Jordans Dead Sea, has failed to find any oil reserves in its second exploration well, drilled to a depth of 4,170 ms, according to the Managing Director of Jordans Natural Resources Authority (NRA), Mahir Hijazin. Drilling of a first dry well was completed at the end of 2008 and work on the second well...