Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 38

20-September-2004

EGYPT

Apache Announces Successful Tests Of Qasr Appraisal, Development Wells

Apache announced on 7 September the successful testing of two new wells in its Qasr field in the Western Desert Khalda concession. The Qasr-6 appraisal well test-flowed 28.8mn cfd of gas and 1,037 b/d of condensate from two zones in the Jurassic-age Lower Safa formation, while the Qasr-9 development well, flowing at 4,826 b/d of oil and 0.75mn cfd of gas,...