Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 20

17-May-2010

YEMEN

DNO Announces Yaalen-3 Well Test Result

Norways DNO has announced initial results from the testing of the Yaalen-3 appraisal well in Yemens Block 47, which was completed on 30 April (MEES, 10 May). The well tested at a rate of 1,400 b/d of oil with no water, from the lowermost of two Qish sandstone oil-bearing intervals. The two intervals have a combined net thickness of 20ms. The company says that it anticipates a final production rate...