Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 19

10-May-2010

OMAN

Tethys Begins Drilling Saiwan East Appraisal Well

Swedens Tethys Oil and CC Energy Development (CCED) have begun drilling the Saiwan East-3 (SE-3) appraisal well on their onshore Block 4 holding in Oman. The well is targeting a light oil discovery made in the Khufai formation in 2009, which Tethys believes could yield 900 b/d (MEES, 23 November 2009). SE-3 is located 1.2km southeast of the SE-2 well, which encountered 27ms of oil-bearing...