VOL. XXXV

NO. 8

25-NOVEMBER-1991

Algeria

Algerian Oil Discovery for Australia's BHP

BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australia's Broken HillProprietary Company Ltd., announced on 13 November that work on the RDB-1 well,the company's first well in the Ghadames Basin in Algeria, has been stopped forthe time being after drilling reached a total depth of 3,175 ms., having tested36 API oil over the interval 2,980.5-2,986 ms. through a 1/2-inch choke atan average rate of 1,533 b/d of...