Calvalley Petroleum Inc., Calgary, hopes to start oil production by yearend from at least 2 wells in Hiswah field on Malik Block 9 in the Sayun-Masila basin.
The company has ordered equipment for an early production facility and gathering system for Hiswah's 35° gravity oil and is negotiating to deliver the oil to an export pipeline. Initial output is thought to be around 9,000 b/d.
Oil will be trucked until presumed construction of a 120 km, 50,000 b/d pipeline east to Nexen Inc.'s 150-km, 300,000 b/d pipeline from the Masila fields to Ash Shihr on the Gulf of Aden.
Calvalley declared Block 9's Hiswah, Al Roidhat, and Auqban oil discoveries and Qarn Qaymah gas-condensate find commercial earlier this
The company is drilling the horizontal Hiswah-7 well and has tendered for a second drilling rig and a workover unit. It is focusing geological and geophysical appraisal and development activities on the Hiswah structure with particular attention to mapping faults that affect the Saar-Naifa horizon and incorporation of the 3D seismic interpretation.
Preliminary interpretation has been completed on Hiswah's Qishn horizon, and work is in progress on potential re-entry of the Qarn Qaymah discovery well and drilling an appraisal well.
Driving Qarn Qaymah development is potential synergy with the development of 15° gravity oil at Al Roidhat. Block 9 partners are Calvalley 50% interest and Hoodoil Ltd. of Yemen and Reliance Industries Inc. of India 25% interest each.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Calvalley presses oil startup from Yemen's Block 9
