VOL. XLVI

No 18

05-May-2003

EGYPT

Melrose Resources Tests South Mansoura-1 Gas Well

UK-based independent Melrose Resources said on 16 April it had successfully tested the South Mansoura-1 exploration well, located in the onshore Nile Delta. The well has confirmed the extension of the Abu Madi channel sand system further south into the El Mansoura concession, in which Melrose holds a 50% working interest through its wholly-owned subsidiary Odyssey International Petroleum (MEES, 25 February 2002).

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