Africa-focused oil and gas group Afren has reported positive test results from the Simrit-2 well on the Ain Sifni Block (20%) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The on-going testing programme on the well, which is operated by Hunt Oil Middle East, has delivered incremental flow rates of 5,368 barrels of oil per day (bopd), with a cumulative rate of 18,952 bopd from six of the 12 zones tested.
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