VOL. XXXVI

NO. 46

16-AUGUST-1993

YEMEN

Fire At Hunt/Exxon CPI

A small fire that broke out last week at Hunt/Exxon's Central Processing Unit(CPU) in Yemen's Marib-Jawf producing fields was extinguished in about 30minutes but production had to be cut down as a result to 140,000 b/d. In astatement to AP on 12 August, Hunt's General Manager, Mr. George Slaughter,explained that the accident occurred in a heating unit at the CPU and that itdid not cause any major disruption. When the fire broke out, he...