VOL. XXXII

NO. 29

24-APRIL-1989

TUNISIA-KUWAIT

KUFPEC Discovers Oil in Tunisia

The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), awholly-owned subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), hasdiscovered oil in its North Kairouan concession in north-central Tunisia. Thewell - named Sidi Kilani-l - is in the province of Mahdia near the village ofSouassi, about 160 kms. south of Tunis. According to a statement by the TunisianMinistry of National Economy, the well - which is the first...