Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

CASPIAN

Max Petroleum Completes Zhana Makat Appraisal Well

Max Petroleum announced on 16 May that it had successfully completed its second appraisal well, ZMA-ET2, in the Zhana Makat field in Kazakhstan. The company said the well reached a total depth of 1,492ms, with electric logs indicating 18ms of net oil pay in three Triassic sandstone reservoirs at depths in the range of 1,283-1,358ms. A company drilling update said that reservoir...