Preparations are under way to conduct the tests over the intervals 3610 to 3600 metres, 3322 to 3327 metres and 3318 to 3311 metres in the Alam El-Bueib D and E units. Vertical seismic profiling of the well, which was drilled to a total depth of 3688 metres, has been completed during the past week. Nakhaw-1X is located approximately 15 kilometres north-east of the recent Renpet-1 oil discovery.