Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 6

6-February-2006

EGYPT

Melrose Resources Reports Gas/Condensate Discoveries

Melrose Resources in mid-January reported that initial testing on its West Dikirnis-1 exploration well in the Nile Delta Mansoura concession was complete, having been drilled to a depth of 8,570ft. The 1,840 sq km Mansoura permit lies astride the Damietta branch of the Nile at Mansoura. The well encountered three separate gas intervals totaling 101ft net. The lowest interval tested...