Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

CASPIAN

Turkmenneft Announces Test Results For North Koturdepe Appraisal Well

Turkmenistans state oil company Turkmenneft announced on 21 September that it has tested three pay zones in a shallow-water well drilled less than 1km from the shore in the North Koturdepe field in the Caspian Sea. The well was said to have flowed 730 tons/day (5,350 b/d) of oil on test. An earlier well tested in June flowed 800 tons/day of oil. Turkmenneft and...