The company will plug and abandon the well, which reached a total depth of 1,947m without encountering producible hydrocarbons.
The Sun ZJ-30 rig will now move to drill the ZMA-ET1 appraisal well testing Triassic reservoirs in the Zhana Makat field on Block E.
The company commenced drilling of the ALTW-1 well last month, targeting potential reservoirs in the Triassic zone.
Max Petroleum is an oil and gas exploration and development company focused on Kazakhstan.
