VOL. XL

No. 26

30-June-1997

YEMEN

Sabiyah Exploration Well No. 1 In Howarine Block Abandoned

Canada's Transglobe Energy - which last February acquired from Clyde/Oranje Nassau a26.5% working interest in the production sharing agreement (PSA) covering Yemen's HowarineBlock No. 32 (MEES, 10 February) - announced on 23 June that the Sabiyahexploration well No. 1 has been plugged and abandoned as a dry hole after reaching a totaldepth of 2,503 ms. In its press release Transglobe said that it...