Max Petroleum, the western Kazakhstan-focused oil and gas company, has seen its share price drop this morning on news it has failed to find more hydrocarbons at its ASK-2 well in the Caspian Basin.
The lastest, failed, dig had been an attempt to find deposits of hydrocarbons at depths up to 3,412 metres, having already confirmed a discovery between 1,281 and 1,287 metres.
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