VOL. XLV

No 14

8-April-2002

LIBYA

TotalFinaElf AnnouncesFirst Discovery On Block NC-190

TotalFinaElfannounced on 2 April that with its partners RepsolYPF (operator), Norsk Hydro and OMV it had made itsfirst discovery in Libya痴 12,300 sq km Block NC-190 in the MurzukBasin some 800km south of Tripoli, which was awarded to the consortium in late1999 (MEES, 4 December 2000). The A1well encountered a large oil column in the Hawazsandstone formation and tested at a rate of 605 b/d of 40ｰ API oil...