Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 44

1-Nov-2010

SYRIA

Gulfsands Discovers Oil At KHE-18 Well

Gulfsands Petroleum has announced that its Khurbet East-18 (KHE-18) vertical delineation well in Block 26 in Syria encountered the second thickest true vertical net oil bearing reservoir of any well drilled in the field to date after KHE-1 a gross 45.8ms oil-bearing column within the Massive formation. The reservoir interval was flow tested at a stable rate of 2,385 b/d of 26 API oil on a...