VOL. XLII

No. 39

27-September-1999

SUDAN

Talisman Moving Forward On Developing Sudan Fields

Canadas Talisman reported on 20 September that a new productionrecord of 136,000 b/d was attained at its oil fields in southern Sudan, addingthat production capacity will be 180,000 b/d when a second pumping stationcomes on line next week. Talisman plans to drill 15 exploration wells and morethan 20 development wells in Sudan next year in an effort to increase capacityto 220,000 b/d by the end of 2000. The...