VOL. XLIV

No. 17

23-April-2001

SUDAN

Lundin Suspends Operations At Jarayan-1 Exploration Well

Lundin Oil AB, the Swedish independent oil company, announced on 17 April that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Sudan had suspended operations at Jarayan-1, the second of two exploration wells in block 5A in southern Sudan, "after encountering sub-commercial quantities of oil." The drilling rig has been moved back to Thar Jath to drill the first appraisal well (Thar Jath-2) 3km from Thar Jath-1, the...