Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 50

13-Dec-2010

EGYPT/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

NPC Reports Results From Sukheir Marine Appraisal Well

Egypts National Petroleum Company (NPC) reported results for an appraisal well on its offshore Sukheir Marine concession in the northern Gulf of Suez on 6 December. The SHB-6 well was successfully completed in the Sukheir Bay field last month, with production tests from two intervals in the Kareem sandstone indicating new potential within the formation....