VOL. XLIII

No. 35

28-August-2000

ISRAEL

ISRAMCO Reports Preliminary Test Results Of Nir-1 Well Offshore Israel; Gas Consortium Petitions To Build Links To Supply IEC

Isramco, operator of the Nir-1 well in the Med Ashdod license in Israeli offshore waters, said on 21 August it had made a larger than anticipated gas discovery. The Nir-1 well, drilled in a water depth of 199ms some 17km from the coast of Ashkelon and 4km from the recent Mari discoveries (for map, see MEES, 12 June), found a total...