The operator has drilled and/or completed 11 exploration wells, resulting in nine new field discoveries in the basin this year.
Drilling is continuing on two exploration wells, and seven more are scheduled to reach total depth in the area before the end of 2011.
The latest discoveries are in the Jurassic Safa sand, where a test in the Faghur Deep-1X flowed at a rate of 6671 barrels per day of oil and 2.76
