VOL. XLII

No. 27

5-July-1999

MOROCCO

Moroccos Onarep Awards Offshore Permit To Skidmore Energy

Moroccos Office National de Recherches et dExploitationsPetrolieres (Onarep), the state-owned exploration company, has awarded anoffshore exploration permit to Skidmore Energy Inc. of the US. The one-yearagreement calls for Skidmore to evaluate crude oil deposits in an offshore areain the Ounara region, near Essaouira, some 490 kms. south of Rabat. Skidmoreholds three other permits in Morocco onshore...