DNO International reported that the Benenan-3 well currently drilling in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has encountered movable oil in the Bekhme formation at a depth of around 2,000 meters. Testing is ongoing to acquire additional data.

Benenan-3 initiates the multi-well development of the Benenan field in the Erbil license and will be completed as a horizontal producer in the Najmeh formation. The deeper Najmeh formation was oil bearing in both the Benenan discovery and appraisal wells; the Bekhme formation, however, was not conclusively tested in those down dip wells.

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