VOL. XLII

No. 34

23-August-1999

LIBYA/TUNISIA

Nimr Drills First Well In Offshore 7th NovemberBlock

Saudi Arabia痴 private oil firm Nimr Petroleum starteddrilling operations last week in block 7th November, which straddlesLibyan and Tunisian waters in the Gulf of Gabes in the Mediterranean (MEES,26 July). Nimr will drill the el-Amal South-1 well targeting a depth of 3,550ms., using a Sedco-Forex Actinia semi-submersible rig in 100 ms. of water. Thesurface location coordinates for the well are: 34ｰ...