VOL. XXXII
NO. 51
25-SEPTEMBER-1989
TUNISIA
Shell Discovers Oil in Tunisia
Shell Tunirex, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has found encouragingtraces of oil in the Cap Bon-Gulf of Hammamet exploration block in northeastTunisia, the Tunisian Ministry of National Economy announced on 21 September. Atest well at Somaa, 60 kms. southeast of the capital Tunis, drilled to a depthof 2,600 ms., flowed at a rate of 1,200 b/d of medium-quality crude. TheMinistry added that further tests were needed to...
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