VOL. XXXIX

No. 56

21-October-1996

YEMEN

Yemen Inaugurates Hleiwa Field In Jannah Block

Yemen inaugurated on 14 October a new field - the Hleiwa field - in the Jannah block (Block No. 5), which is operated by a consortium comprising Hunt/Exxon, Total, the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exloration Company (KUFPEC) and the Russian firms Machinoexport and Zarubzhgeologia, according to an official statement by the Yemeni Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals. The field, which lies in the Shabwa...