VOL. XLVII

No 19

10-May-2004

EGYPT

Melrose Resources Announces Test Of South Batra-3 Gasfield Appraisal Well

The UKs Melrose Resources announced on 14 April the successful test of the third well on the South Batra gasfield onshore Egypts Nile Delta. The South Batra-3 appraisal well was spudded on 28 January and reached a total measured depth of 11,000ft in the Late Miocene formation (MEES, 24 February 2003). An 88ft section of Abu Madi Level III reservoir was encountered and a 42ft interval was...