VOL. XXXIV

NO.15

14-JANUARY-1991

Yemen

Occidental Canada Strikes Oil in Yemen

The CanadianOxy Offshore International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary ofCanadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. of Calgary, struck oil on 3 January in itsfirst wildcat at the Masilah-Barriyah block in the eastern part of Yemen. The36 API crude oil was found during an open hole test and the company iscurrently proceeding to case the well and start perforation to subject thepromising horizon to a production test. There are...