Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 44

31-October-2005

YEMEN

TransGlobe Announces S-1 Well Producing Over 3,000 B/D

TransGlobe Energy Corporation announced on 11 October that al-Nagyah well 17 in Block S-1 had been completed as a producing oil well at a stabilized rate of 3,250 b/d. Drilling began on 28 August and reached a depth of 2,066ms, producing light oil (43 API) and 1.8mn cu ft/day of natural gas on a 48/64in choke. The well is being connected by pipeline to the al-Nagyah facilities,...