VOL. XLIV

No. 17

23-April-2001

YEMEN

JNOC Completes Up-Dated Hydrocarbon Study

Yemens Petroleum Exploration and Production Authority (PEPA) announced on 12 April that Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC) had completed an up-dated geological survey containing a comprehensive assessment of oil exploration operations to-date. Five international oil companies (IOCs) cooperated in the study. JNOC was originally commissioned by PEPA in May 1998 to carry out a study of the hydrocarbon potential of...