VOL. XLI

No. 11

16-March-1998

TUNISIA

Tunisia's Offshore El Biban Field Comes Onstream

Centurion Energy International of Canada and London-based Aminex Plc have announcedthat the offshore El Biban field in Tunisia's Gulf of Gabes has started production and iscurrently pumping 1,500 b/d. Development plans call for production rates to be graduallyincreased to optimum production. The field initially tested at a rate of 4,500 b/d. ElBiban holds estimated recoverable reserves of 5.8mn barrels of...