NORTH YEMEN

Exxon and Total Sign Production-Sharing Agreements; Hunt to Start Production in 1987 

MEES learns that both Exxon and CFP-Total signed production-sharing oil exploration agreements with the state-owned Yemen Oil and Minerals Corporation (Yominco) earlier this month. Exxon's exploration permit covers an area of around 22,000 sq. kms. in the central plateau in four adjacent governorates, running north-south from Sa'dah through Hajjah and San'a to Dhamar....