VOL. XLI

No. 40

5-October-1998

EGYPT

New Well Spudded in Khalda Offset

The Australian firm Novus has reported the spudding of the Khamox-1Xwell on 24 September in the Khalda Offset Concession in Egypts Western desert.Khamos-1X is located approximately 22 kms. north east of the Renpet-1 oil discovery and ison trend with the Khepri-Sethos oil field. The well, which will be drilled to 2,286 ms.,is intended to test oil in the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya formation in a four-way dipclosure. The Khalda...