VOL. XL

No. 15

14-April-1997

EGYPT

Seagull Makes New Oil Discovery In South Hurghada Permit

Seagull Energy Corporation announced in Houston on 9 April thatits Abu Marwa No. 1 well in the South Hurghada permit produced 28ｰ API crude oil and isbeing completed as a future producer. However no information on the well's flow rate wasgiven. The well is the first exploration test drilled in the onshore 63,000-acre (255-sq.km.) South Hurghada permit on the west coast of the Red Sea just south of...