VOL. XLVI

No 1

6-January-2003

EGYPT

Apache Makes New High Yield Gas/Condensate Find In Western Desert

US independent Apache Corporation on 24 December announced a gas/condensate discovery on its Ras El-Hekma concession 18 miles northeast of the companys Khalda concession. The Emerald-1X flowed at a rate of 4,285 b/d of condensate and 16.9mn cu ft/day of gas on a 1in choke with 1,311 psi of flowing wellhead pressure. The discovery logged a total of 218ft of net pay in multiple Alem El Bueib (AEB)...