VOL. XLIII

No. 30

24-July-2000

EGYPT

BG Announces Completion Of Simian Appraisal Wells

BG International and its partner Edison of Italy have announced the successful drilling of two appraisal wells in the Simian gasfield in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession in the Egyptian offshore. The two wells, Simian 2 and Simian 3, are located 71km and 77km northeast of Alexandria respectively. Simian 1 was drilled in 590ms of water and tested at a rate of 44mn cfd and (MEES, 2 August 1999 and 6...