Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 7   

15-Feb-2010

EGYPT

Dana Petroleum Makes Second West El Burullus Discovery

Dana Petroleum and GDF Suez have made a second gas discovery on their West El Burullus concession in the offshore Nile Delta, the two companies announced 10 February. The Papyrus 1-X well, which was drilled in 20ms of water to a total depth of 1,990ms, targeted a Pliocene turbiditic sand system, encountering good quality gas-bearing channel...