VOL. XXXIX

No. 51

16-September-1996

ALGERIA

LL&E Confirms Discovery In Block 405 As Possible Extension Of BKE/ORD Fields

LL&E Algeria Ltd., a subsidiary of The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, announced last week that the MLNE-1 exploratory well on Block 405 in the Ghadames Basin has confirmed the presence of a 51-m. (167 ft.) hydrocarbon column in the TAG formation "and the possible extension of the BKE/ORD field onto Block 405," according to a statement issued in New...