Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 7

14-Feb-2011

yemen

DNO Announces Oil Discovery On Yemens Block 72

Norwegian oil firm DNO announced on 4 February that it has found hydrocarbons with the Gabdain-1 basement exploration well in Block 72 in Yemen. The well was drilled to a total depth of 3,485ms measured depth [and] hydrocarbons were observed while drilling through the Kohlan sandstone overlaying the basement interval, the company said in a statement. An oil sample was recovered from the...