VOL. XXXI

NOS. 11/12

21/28-DECEMBER-1987

SOUTH YEMEN

South Yemen's Oil Reserves Estimated at 3.75mn Barrels

The South Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Minerals,Mr. Salih Abu Bakr ibn Husainun, has stated to the South Yemeni official daily14 October newspaper that the recent oil discoveries made in the Shabwa area inSouth Yemen are estimated to have "reserves of 500mn tons"(approximately 3.75bn barrels) of light quality crude. The Minister in hisstatement did not specify...