VOL.XXXIXNo.65/66

23/30-December-1996SYRIA

ShellSpuds First Wildcat In Al Waleed Permit On 8 November, Shell spudded its first exploration well in the Al Waleed permiteast of Dair al-Zur town in eastern Syria. The well, Kasra No. 101,is to be drilled to a targeted depth of 6,890 ft. to probe the Cretaceous Rutbasands. It will be followed in early 1997 by another exploration well, Al HamdNo.101, which will be drilled to a targeted depth of 9,514 ft. The area beingtested falls in the northern...