VOL. XLI

No. 44

2-November-1998

EGYPT

Cabre Drills Two New Wells in West 'Ish al-Mallaha

Cabre Exploration Limited reported on 15 October that the Rabeh-2 wellin the West 'Ish al-Mallaha onshore concession west of the Suez Canal was spudded on 10September, 500 ms. from the 1997 discovery well, Rabeh-1. The well was drilled to a totaldepth of 6,426 ft. in basement strata and was subsequently logged, cased and testedinitially through 50 ft. of perforations in pre-Miocene Matulla sands. The well...