VOL. XL

No. 22

2-June-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Aramco Announces New Oil And GasDiscoveries

Saudi Aramco has made two new discoveries of Arab Super Light (ASL) crude oil inCentral Arabia and natural gas in the Eastern Province. Announcing the finds on 25 May, theActing Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Dr. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Khuwaitir told theSaudi Press Agency (SPA) that the first discovery well, Khuzami-1, which was spudded in April,tested at the rate of 1,550 b/d of ASL crude oil...