WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros") announces that the Sarqala-1 well has been successfully sidetracked. The revised drilling mud program allowed the sidetracked well to be drilled through the Saliferous Beds Seal of the Lower Fars Formation (where it had become stuck previously) and into the Transition Beds of the Lower Fars Formation to a depth of 3,900 metres. WesternZagros then ran 7 inch intermediate casing which was successfully cemented in at a depth of 3,852 metres within the Transition Beds, and prior to drilling into any potentially highly overpressured reservoir zones.

WesternZagros continues to target the three primary Tertiary reservoir zones (Jeribe, Euphrates and Oligocene) and anticipates drilling out of the 7 inch casing within the next week. It is now anticipated that the target reservoir zones will be encountered deeper than initially prognosed and, as such, drilling results are now expected to be available in early 2009. Upon exploration success, testing would follow.

Well site construction for WesternZagros' second well, Kurdamir-1, is complete. Following completion of Sarqala-1, WesternZagros plans to move the rig to drill Kurdamir-1.

my comments:inching ahead...and whrere is Talisman and their progress?