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Borg El-Arab Petroleum and Mineral Company \u2014 a JV between the EGPC and Kuwait Energy<\/a> \u2014 has discovered a new oil well in the Western Desert\u2019s Abu Sennan concession, the cabinet<\/a> said yesterday. The Salmeya-5 well is estimated to hold 4k bbl\/d of crude oil and 18 mn cf\/d of gas. The JV made its most recent discovery in Abu Sennan last December, the ASH-2 well<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Borg El-Arab Petroleum and Mineral Company \u2014 a JV between the EGPC and Kuwait Energy \u2014 has discovered a new oil well in the Western Desert\u2019s Abu Sennan concession, the cabinet said yesterday. The Salmeya-5 well is estimated to hold 4k bbl\/d of crude oil and 18 mn cf\/d of gas. 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