VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

EGYPT

ApacheMakes Oil Discovery On KhaldaConcession

ApacheCorporation announced a 5,103 barrel-per-day oil discovery, the Selkit-1X, onits 2.3mn acre greater Khalda Concession in Egypts WesternDesert on 13 May. The company said it tested the top 31 feet of a64-foot oil column which represents the thickest, best developed Kharita sands yet encountered this far west of its Qarun Concession, located approximately 255 miles away.We have encountered Kharitapay at Khalda, but...