Condor Petroleum Inc.’s Shoba-6 well in the Zharkamys West 1 contract territory, Kazakhstan, encountered 19 m (62 ft) of net oil pay and 10 m (32 ft) of net gas pay within the Triassic.

In addition, a new oil zone in the Basal Jurassic has been interpreted from petrophysical analysis with 3.5 m (11 ft) of net pay. Mapping and further analysis is in progress to better define the Jurassic zone's potential across the field.

Production casing has been set and the well is scheduled to be produced as part of the trial production project, which is expected to commence third quarter 2012.

The Shoba-6 well is third well of the Shoba appraisal program, and reached a total depth of 896 m (2,939 ft). The well results confirm the continuity of the reservoir within the Triassic to the southeast of the Sh-1 well.