VOL. XLV

No 4

28 January 2002

IRAQ/TUNISIA

Tunisia Signs Agreement To DevelopOil Structure Near Najaf

Tunisian Industry Minister Monsefbin 'Abd Allah and Iraqi Oil Minister 'Amir Rashid on 22 January in Baghdadsigned a protocol agreement under which Tunisia will develop the Kifl structureclose to the western Iraqi city of Najaf. MEES understands that Kifl wasdiscovered in the 1950s by the Basra Petroleum Company (BPC). Three wells weredrilled by Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) in the 1980s at...