VOL. XXXVI

NO. 3

19-OCTOBER-1992

EGYPT

Norsk Hydro Discovers Gas at Ras Kanayes

Norway's Norsk Hydro has made a gas discovery in the Ras Kanayes concessionin the northern part of Egypt's Western Desert to the east of Matruh, accordingto Egyptian Oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi. The discovery well tested at a rate of19mn cu. ft./d of gas and 1,300 b/d of condensates from a 40-ft. pay zone at adepth of about 14,000 ft. in the Jurassic. The Ras Kanayes concession wasawarded in 1989 to Norsk Hydro...