VOL. XXXVI

NO. 44

2-AUGUST-1993

YEMEN

Assay Of CanadianOxy's Masila Crude

Yemen's Masila Blend crude, which started to flow on1 July at a rate of 40,000 b/d from the Block No. 14 - operated by theCalgary-based Canadian Occidental Petroleum Company (CanadianOxy) in partnershipwith the US Shell subsidiary Pecten Yemen and the Lebanese ConsolidatedContractors International (see MEES, 5 and 26 July) - has an API gravity of30.50 and a sulfur content of 0.62% by weight, according to CanadianOxy'scrude...