EGYPT

Total Makes Oil Discovery in Um-Agawish 

The Total/Marathon/Chevron group (for which Total is the operator) has made an oil discovery with its Tawila West-l wildcat in the 600-sq. km. Um-Agawish offshore concession in the Red Sea just south of the Gulf of Suez. The well tested at rates of 3,700 b/d and 3,000 b/d from depths of 8,600 ft. and 8,430 ft. respectively. A third, shallower zone yielded appreciable amounts of natural gas and condensate. The well is about 14.5 kms. south...