VOL. XL

No. 28

14 July 1997

JORDAN

Anadarko To Start Drilling Its First Well In Safawi Block In September

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation of the US, operator of the 17,000 sq.-km. Safawiconcession in northeast Jordan, announced on 4 July that it is to spud its first well inthe block in September. It also signed a service agreement last week with thenewly-established state-owned National Petroleum Company (NPC) to act as drillingcontractor for the rest of 1997 and will provide the drilling rigs...