Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. L

No 21

21-May-2007

EGYPT

TransGlobe Plugs And Abandons Narmer-1 Exploration Well In Nuqra Block 1

Canadas TransGlobe Energy on 11 May said it had plugged and abandoned the Narmer-1 exploration well in the onshore Nuqra Block 1 permit in Upper Egypt. The Narmer-1 well is the second of a two-well commitment targeting Cretaceous and Jurassic prospects in the Nuqra/Kom Ombo rift basin near Aswan. In March, TransGlobe plugged and abandoned the Set-1 well, the first...