Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 52

26-December-2005

TURKEY

Ottoman Energys First Well In Thrace Basin Encounters Gas

Australias Ottoman Energy on 19 December said that its first exploration well in Turkeys Thrace Basin, Bati-Umur-1, had encountered gas at three separate intervals. The well was spudded on 8 December and drilled to a total depth of 1.052ms. The Bati Umur-1 well is located in the Edirne License 3,839. A second well, Arpaci-1, is to be drilled straight after work on...