VOL. XXX

NO. 20

23-FEBRUARY-1987

TUNISIA

Oil Discovery in Tunisia

A group headed by Marathon of the US has made an onshore discovery in its700,000 acre permit near Zarzis on Tunisia's south-eastern coast. The discoverywell, Ezzaouia 2, flowed 10,465 b/d of 41 and 42 API crude from three zonesbetween 3,038 and 7,354 feet. Participants in the group are the state oilcompany ETAP (55%), Marathon (31.4%), Elf Aquitaine (9Z) and Oranje-Nassau ofthe Netherlands (4.6%).