VOL. XLIV

No. 11

12-March-2001

SUDAN

Lundin Makes Important Oil Discovery In Block 5A In Southern Sudan

Lundin Oil AB, the Swedish independent oil company, announced on 5 March that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Sudan (operator and 40.4% interest), together with partners Petronas Carigali of Malaysia (28.5%), OMV of Austria (26.1%) and the National Petroleum Company of Sudan (Sudapet, 5%), had made an important discovery in Block 5A in southern Sudan. The Thar Jath discovery well, drilled to...