VOL. XXXV

NO. 26

30-MARCH-1992

Qatar

Agip Acquires 45% Interest in Elf Aquitaine's Offshore Block inQatar

Italy's Agip has acquired a 45% interest in Elf Aquitaine's productionsharing contract covering Block No. 6 in Qatar's eastern territorial waters,where the al-Khalij discovery was made in June 1991. Elf - which has drilledthree successful wells in the field, and estimates that the zone delineated bythe three discoveries contains estimated probable reserves of about 80mn barrels- is planning...