VOL.XXXVI

NO.44

2-AUGUST-1993

EGYPT

Khalda's Tarek-2 Appraisal Well Encounters Gas

KhaldaPetroleum's Tarek-2appraisal well in the company's

concession area in Egypt's Western Desert has testedata rate of 30mn cu. ft./day of gas and about 2,000 b/d ofcondensate.The well wasspudded earlier this year (MEES,5 April)to test the gas potential of the Jurassicinwhich

manyofthegasdiscoveries in the areahave been made. The earlier Tarek-1 well was drilled in 1987 to a depthof

13,052ft.It yielded 25mn...