VOL. XXXIII

NO. 50

17-SEPTEMBER-1990

Qatar

Elf-Aquitaine Plans to Spud First Exploration Well in Off-shore Qatar

The Managing Director of Elf-Aquitaine in Qatar has announced that thecompany will start drilling in October the first of two exploratory wells in itsproduction sharing concession in Qatar covering Block No. 6 in the eastern partof the peninsula's continental shelf. The drilling will be carried out by theoffshore rig Penrod 69 which will be towed to Qatari waters from Fujairah after...