VOL. XXXIV

NO. 20

18-FEBRUARY-1991

Tunisia

Samedan Acquires Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Interests

Samedan of Tunisia, Inc. has purchased almost all of Royal Dutch/Shell's oilinterests in Tunisia for an undisclosed price. Decreasing production at itsTazerka concession was the reason Shell gave for the sale. Oil production atTazerka has fallen from 345,4000 tons/year in 1985 to 157,500 t/y in 1989,according to state-owned Enterprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petrolieres (ETAP).Forecasts for 1990 put...