VOL. XXXI

NO. 43

1-AUGUST-1988

TUNISIA

CFTP Produces 300 b/d from Mohairs

Compagnie Franco-Tunisienne des Petroles (CFTP), an affiliate of Total CFP,has started a one-year production testing program from the onshore 60 sq. kms.Mahares permit block (part of the Safax-Kerkenah concession) at a rate of 300b/d. Total is the operator and holds a 25% share in the block, along withTunisia's ETAP and Italy's Agip. Production by Total from Tunisian fields in1987 was around 138,000 tons of crude oil.