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South Yemen Confirms Soviet Oil Finds in Shabwa

South Yemen has confirmed the recent oil discoveries made by the Soviet firm Technoexport in the north western Shabwa block, which lies at about 200 miles east of Hunt's Alif discovery in North Yemen (MEES, 13 April). A statement issued on 15 April in Aden by the South Yemeni Minister of Minerals and Energy, Mr. Salih Abu Bakr ibn Husainun and the Soviet Minister of Geology, Mr. Yevgeny Kozlovsky, said that oil exploration in...