Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 16

20-Apr-2009

SAUDI ARABIA

SRAKs Kidan-6 Well Fails To Find Gas At Khuff Target

The South Rub'i al-Khali (SRAK) Shell/Saudi Aramco joint gas exploration venture has failed to make a commercial discovery with their fourth well, Kidan-6, reportedly the most expensive onshore well in oil industry history, MEES learns. SRAK has two large concession areas in southern Saudi Arabia. After three failures in the western section, the group switched over to the eastern...