aVOL. XL

No. 14

7-April-1997

EGYPT

Khalda Petroleum Completes Highest-Testing Well To Date On ItsConcession

Khalda Petroleum Company - the joint venture owned 50% by theEgyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), 25% by Repsol of Spain (operator), 20% byApache of the US and 5% by Samsung of South Korea - has completed the highest-testing wellto date on its Khalda concession in Egypt's Western Desert, according to an announcementby Apache in Houston on 2 April. The well, Shams-2X, flowed...