VOL. XLI

No. 21

25-May-1998

EGYPT

Centurion Energy Spuds Wildcat In Al-Manzala Permit

Centurion Energy International Inc. of Calgary on 15 May announced the spudding of theAbu Monkar No. 1 exploratory well in the onshore al-Manzala concession in the northeasternpart of Egypt's Nile Delta. Centurion Energy holds a 40% working interest in theconcession which was awarded to Marathon of the US in May 1995 (MEES, 26 February1996). Centurion's announcement said that the well will test a seismically...