VOL. XL

No. 25

23-June-1997

EGYPT

More Information On West Ish Al-Mallaha Oil Discovery

Canada's Cabre exploration, which holds 50% of the West Ish al-Mallahaonshore permit on the Egyptian mainland west of the Gulf of Suez, has provided furtherinformation on discovery well Rabeh No. 1 (MEES, 16 June) in a statement on 16June. (The other 50% of the permit is held by the Canadian-based Naftex EnergyCorporation, a 56% subsidiary of the Australian firm Coplex Resources.) The statementexplains that...