VOL. XXXII

NO. 38

26-JUNE-1989

LIBYA

Braspetro Drills 318 Water Wells for GMR

Project Braspetro, the international subsidiary of Brazil's state-ownedPetrobras, is continuing its work on Libya's Great-Man-Made River (GMR),according to the 1988 Petrobras Annual Report. The company was awarded acontract to drill 318 water wells at Sarir and Tazerbo in 1986.

Braspetro abandoned its Block NC-58 concession in the Murzak basin in thesouthwestern part of the country in 1986 due to the lack of commercial...