VOL. XLVII

No 15

12-April-2004

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Announces New Gas/Condensate Discovery North Of Gassi Touil

Sonatrach announced on 31 March it had made a significant gas discovery at the Brides West-1 well in the Brides region some 45km north of the Gassi Touil field. The well reached a depth of 5,296ms and tested the Triassic interval (3,705-3,676ms) on a 0.5in choke at 532,104 cu ms/day and 164 cu ms/day of condensate at a wellhead pressure of 3,800 psi. Using a 3/4in choke, the well tested at...