VOL. XLI

No. 48

30-November-1998

IRAN

Results Of South Pars Exploration Well Suggest Large Extension InIranian Waters

Initial results from a recently-completed exploration and delineationwell drilled on the eastern flank of the South Pars offshore gasfield indicate that thereservoir extends much further east than originally contemplated. MEES understandsthat the well known as South Pars #5 was drilled to a depth of 3,200 metersbut still did not encounter the gas-water contact. This suggests...