Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 9

28-February-2005

TUNISIA

Tunisia Awards El-Jem Upstream Block To UAEs Al-Thani As Pioneer Spuds El-Hamra Well

Tunisias ETAP announced on 21 February that it had awarded the 4,224 sq km onshore El-Jem exploration block to the UAEs Al-Thani Corporation as contractor for a five-year period. The award requires Al-Thani to spend $7mn during the period and drill two wells. ETAP furthermore announced that Pioneer Natural Resources spudded the El-Hamra-1...