Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 30

26-Jul-2010

TUNISIA

ADX Begins Drilling First Lambouka Well

Australias ADX Energy has commenced the drilling of its first well in the 70 sq km Lambouka prospect, on the Tunisian offshore Kerkouane exploration license. The Lambouka-1 well, being drilled 160km northeast of Tunis, is targeting the Miocene age Birsa formation and the Cretaceous era Abiod formation. The company says the prospect is large enough to hold some 270mn barrels of oil equivalent in...