Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 15

12-April-2010

YEMEN

Oil Search Completes Yemen Block 7 Drill Stem Test

Papua New Guineas Oil Search has completed its first open-hole drill stem test on the Al Maeshar-1 well on its Block 7 concession in Yemen. Testing commenced on 18 March, over the 3,125-3,660ms interval, flowing approximately 400 b/d of oil and mud and periodically testing higher. The well is targeting fractured basement rock in a structure defined in a 2008 3D survey. A second DST is...