VOL. XLVII

No 01

5-January-2004

ALGERIA

First Calgary Spuds MLE-5 Appraisal Well On Algerias Block 405B

Canadas First Calgary Petroleums (FCP) announced on 15 December it had spudded the MLE-5 appraisal well on the company's Ledjmet Block 405b in Algeria. The MLE-5 well, a 4,550ms test, is the fifth located on the Menzel Ledjmet East (MLE) gas and condensate field. The well is located 1.3km east of the MLE-3 gas well, which tested 24,743 b/d of oil equivalent (MEES, 1 December 2003). MLE-5 is...