Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 7

13-February-2006

YEMEN

Block S-1 Al-Nagyah Well 19 Produces Over 3,000 B/D

Yemens Block S-1 has produced another successful well, producing light oil at a stabilized rate of 3,226 b/d, according to Canadas TransGlobe which holds a minority 25% share in the block. Al-Nagyah 19 was spudded on 9 January, reached a total depth of 1,705m, encountered the Lam A sandstone reservoir and was completed in a 266m horizontal section. The light oil (43 API) is...