VOL. XLIV

No 44

29-October-2001

MOROCCO

TotalFinaElf Signs Offshore ReconnaissanceContract With ONAREP

TotalFinaElf has signed anexploration contract with Moroccan state oil company Office National deRecherches et dExploitations Petrolieres (ONAREP) for the Dakhla offshorezone, which covers an area of 115,000 sq km. The contract covers an initialperiod of 12 months during which regional geological and geophysical studieswill be undertaken in order to assess the petroleum potential of the zone,...