VOL. XLIV

No. 06

5-February-2001

SUDAN

Lundin Tests First Well In Block5A

The independent Swedish companyLundin Oil announced on 30 January that its wholly owned subsidiary IPC Sudanhas resumed test drilling on the Thar Jath-1 well in block 5A, which it hadoriginally drilled in 1999. Block 5A is located immediately southeast of theGreater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) consortium痴 acreage in theMuglad basin, which is currently producing 200,000 b/d (see map, MEES,15 May 2000). The...