VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 47

21-AUGUST-1995

Tunisia

Exploration Underway In Tunisia's Fejaj Permit

Command Petroleum Ltd. of Australia announced on 9 August the confirmation ofa hydrocarbon-bearing zone at its Ben Hassine-1 well in the Fejaj permit insouthern Tunisia west of Gabes. The onshore block covers some 5,100 sq. kms. andthe Ben Hassine-1 is the first exploration well to be drilled in the block inover 15 years. The exploration well is designed to test a structural culminationcovering at least 13...