VOL. XXXIV

NO. 49

9-SEPTEMBER-1991

Yemen

Nabors of Canada Spuds First Well in Jana Block

The Canadian firm Nabors Drilling International Ltd. of Calgary has spuddedthe first of three wildcats to be drilled in the promising Jana Block (No.5) innorth central Yemen. This is being explored by a joint venture comprising Total-CFP(operator 18.75%), Hunt/Exxon (37.5%), the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum ExplorationCompany (KUFPEC 25%), and the Soviet firms Machinoexport and Zarughgeologia(18.75%) under the...