The newest oil well probed by Israeli drillers in the waters of the Gulf of Suez off Sinai, Alma-4, has struck a rich strata and experts expect it to yield 15,000 barrels a day, the combined total of two earlier wells in the area, Alma 2 and Alma-3. Commercial production is expected to start within two weeks and another well, Alma-5, will be sunk one kilometer north of Alma-4. Meanwhile, Israeli energy circles were reported watching Jordanian oil
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