Max Petroleum Plc announced that it has commenced drilling the TOLW-1 exploration well on the Tolegen West prospect on Block E using Zhanros Drilling's ZJ-20 rig. Total vertical depth of the well will be approximately 1,600 metres. The Tolegen West prospect is a four-way anticline targeting unrisked mean resources of 8 million barrels of oil in Triassic reservoirs.