VOL. XXXIX

No. 38

17-June-1996

TUNISIA

Marathon Awarded Oil Exploration Permit In Tunisia

Marathon Petroleum Jenaiene Limited, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Company of the US, signed an oil exploration agreement with Tunisia's state-owned Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petrolieres (ETAP) on 6 June covering a 1,900- sq. kms. block in the southern Tataouine region. Marathon has been active in Tunisia since 1973 and since 1990 has been working in the southern Ezzaouia oilfield and the...