Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 13

29-March-2010

IRAQ

Western Zagros Sidetracks Kudamir Well To Allow Testing

Canadian independent Western Zagros said on 19 March that it is to begin testing promising oil and gas shows in the Kudamir-1 well in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) region of Northern Iraq. The company encountered high pressure problems at the bottom of the well in the Gulneri formation in February, which forced it to abandon the drilling (MEES, 15 February). However, the...