VOL. XXXIX

No. 30

22-April-1996

LIBYA

Lasmo To Drill Offshore Well Near Benghazi

The UK independent oil and gas firm Lasmo plans to drill an offshore exploration well later this year in concession NC-173 near Benghazi, according to the company's 1995 annual report. Lasmo also plans to carry out further seismic surveys in its onshore Murzuk Basin Block NC-174, in which it has made two small oil discoveries, with plans for a multi-well drilling program to be carried out later on.

Lasmo...