Max Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, has started drilling on the DOSNW-1 exploration well on the Dossor North West prospect on Block E.
The well will be drilled to a total depth of around 1,400 metres.
The prospect is targeting unrisked mean resources of seven million barrels of oil.
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