VOL. XXXI

NO. 26

4-APRIL-1988

SOUTH YEMEN

Crude Oil Exports to Begin First Quarter 1989 at 50,000-70,000 b/d

MEES learns that South Yemen will join the ranks of the oil exportingcountries early next year following the signing of an executive agreement withthe Soviet Union last week for the development of the newly-discovered Shabwaoilfields and the construction of an export crude oil pipeline from Shabwa toa terminal at Bir 'Ali in the Gulf of Aden (MEES, 19 October, 21/28 December1987 and 15...