VOL. XXXIV

NO.16

21-JANUARY-1991

Yemen

Drilling Tender for Jana Block to Be Issued this Month

MEES understands that a tender will be issued at the end of January for thesupply of drilling rigs to work in the 2,100-sq. km. Jana Block (the formerjoint area between North and South Yemen). Drilling is expected to start inAugust.

Last March, the state-owned Yemen Company for Investment in Oil and MineralResources (YCIOMR) signed a production sharing agreement with a consortiumcomposed of Hunt Oil and...