Jointventure partner Lion Energy revealed output at the block hadincreased 20%, to about 2831 barrels of oil per day, with theOseil-26 development well being brought on stream and producing atabout 490 bpd.
Thejoint venture hopes to further increase output from the block withthe spudding of the Oseil-21 development well which is due to start drilling later this week.
Thewell is designed to exploit the undrained oil reserves on the westernflank of the Oseil-2 fault block and is expected to take about 20days to complete.
Lionsaid