VOL. XXXVI

NO. 1

5-OCTOBER-1992

EGYPT

88 E&P Wells Drilled in First Half 1992

A total of 88 wells - 39 exploration and 49 production - were drilled in thefirst half of 1992, according to a recent issue of al-Bitrul magazine publishedby the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. This compares with a total of122 wells - 58 exploration and 64 production - in the whole of 1991 (MEES, 18May). The following is a breakdown by area and company of the wells drilled inthe first half of 1992:

Exploration...