Yemen Expedites Exploration Activity As Decline In Oil Production Continues

...d plans to drill 20-40 wells annually. During 2005 Nexen plans to invest $70mn to drill at least 20 wells and test deeper horizons where there has been recent success. It has the right to produce oil in Masila until 2011 and to negotiate a five-year extension. Nexen also has a controlling (87.5%) st...