Max Petroleum makes positive start of ESKN-1 well

Shares in Max Petroleum got a boost on Monday after the oil and gas exploration and production company, which is focused on Kazakhstan, announced positive initial results from the the ESKN-1 exploration well in the Eskene North prospect.

Shares in Max Petroleum got a boost on Monday after the oil and gas exploration and production company, which is focused on Kazakhstan, announced positive initial results from the the ESKN-1 exploration well in the Eskene North prospect.

Electric logs of the well, which reached a depth of 1,507 metres, indicated 20 metres of net pay over an 90 metre gross interval.

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