Oracle Energy Corp. has been notified by project operator Yemen Mayfair Petroleum Corp. (YMPC) that the Fatima -1 well, Block 22, Yemen was spudded October 12, 2006. The well is planned to a total depth of 2250 metres and shall target the Middle Miocene that tested hydrocarbons in the Jaizan wells to the north, across the border in Saudi Arabia.
Oracle Energy Corp. holds a 15% participating interest in block 22, which encompasses 8,151 square km within the Tihama Basin in the western region of Yemen. YMPC and its partners have invested in excess of U.S. $20 million on exploration programs to date. Principals of YMPC were instrumental in the discovery of Yemen's first giant oil field in the mid-1980's, located in the Marib basin. Block 22, was awarded to YMPC in 1993.
