Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. L

No 50

10-December-2007

IRAQ

DNO Says Tawke Maximum Well Capacity Reaches 90,000 B/D

Norways DNO on 30 November said that the Tawke 1 well, drilled in 2006 (MEES, 19 June 2006), has achieved a flow rate of 23,000 b/d aggregated from three tests in the lower reservoir horizons, increasing the cumulative maximum well capacity from Tawke to 90,000 b/d. Two additional tests will be undertaken in Tawke 1 before the well is completed as an oil producer. The carrier rig...