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It brings wealth to merchants; doctors consider it a universal remedy. Beekeepers speak of it as a gift from Allah. Women believe in its ability to reduce infertility and men [...]

Described here is the exploration technology applied in the Masilah basin of Yemen to better understand the subsurface geology. The discussion includes an introduction and project background; it then describes [...]

Clyde Expro is exploring the Hadramaut region of Yemen using a combination of remote sensing and ground based techniques. The area features arid terrain and daytime temperatures of over 50 degrees C. Remote sensing using satellite images generated reliable maps that greatly increased the efficiency of ground crew work. Structural contour maps were developed from the satellite data at low cost. Other time- and money-saving applications of remote sensing are discussed., Exploration programs can benefit in geological understanding, operational efficiency, and safety while reducing costs, by carefully integrating remote sensing into the overall plan. Arid zones, by virtue of their lack [...]

The most promising new oil exploration opportunities to date exist in Yemen, Australia, Newfoundland and the Falkland Islands. Yemeni reserves are estimated at 4 billion bbl, but an unstable political climate has made investment there risky. In Australia 2 million acres in the offshore Vulcan sub-basin have been opened. So have small blocks in the Bonaparte Gulf. In the Falklands, offshore tracts have been opened to bidding for the first time. Production there could begin as early as 1995., The traditional exploration cycle is in progress around the world, and many more exploration opportunities are becoming available than are being foreclosed. Yemen, for instance, is one of the few [...]

Canadian Occidental Petroleum (CanadianOxy) announced the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in the Masila Block in Yemen in Dec 1991. CanadianOxy acquired the Masila Block in 1987 after it showed potential for oil exploration. In late 1987, a geological survey was conducted to determine the evolution and stratigraphy of the area. The following year, a seismic study was conducted by Geosource UK and the results showed seismic anomalies that could be further investigated. Actual drilling started in Sep 1990 in the 1 Sunah field reaching a depth of 2,732 meters., On Dec. 18, 1991, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, CanadianOxy Offshore International Ltd., and its joint venture partners, Pecten Yemen Co., Occidental Peninsula Inc., [...]

Crude oil from Yemen's Alif field has been assayed. The light sweet crude, also known as Marib, is part of the Marib al-Jawf concession in northern Yemen. Alif filed was [...]

Yemen has relatively few natural resources. It has limited--and dwindling--oil reserves, although the country has only just begun to fully exploit its gas potential. The commercial viability of other mineral [...]

Water scarcity is by far the greatest challenge facing the agricultural sector. Rainfall is generally limited throughout the country and there is heavy reliance on groundwater extraction. However, depletion of [...]

Minerals Exploitation of Yemen's mineral wealth is largely limited to the mining of gypsum and salt. Both are mined at Salif and there are also gypsum-mining facilities at Khulakah. In [...]

Minerals Exploitation of Yemen's mineral wealth is largely limited to the mining of gypsum and salt. Both are mined at Salif and there are also gypsum-mining facilities located at Khulakah. [...]

Oil and mineral production -------------------------------------------------- 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Oil ('000 b/d) 400 410 450 460 460 Salt ('000 tonnes) 147 n/a N/a n/a n/a Gypsum ('000 tonnes) 102 [...]

The analysis of 455 bulk heavy mineral samples collected from drainages around the Suwar layered ultramafic complex in Yemen has shown that 280 have anomalous platinum-group metal (PGM) values, according [...]

TransGlobe Energy Corp. reported that Nexen-operated Tasour field began producing on Block 32 in the Republic of Yemen. Initial output for Tasour 1 was about 4,000 bopd. Tasour 3 and [...]

Yemen is about to sign a production sharing agreement with two companies for an offshore block. Last year, the government signed a memorandum of understanding with Al-Outaiba Group of the [...]

Cantex Mine Development has received assay results from a drilling programme completed last year at its Al Hariqah gold property in Yemen. John Churchill, the company's geologist, considers that the [...]

* Eni, the Italian oil and natural gas company, through its subsidiary, Agip Yemen, signed a production-sharing contract for the acquisition of exploration rights in Block 2 al-Maber. Block 2 [...]

Cantex Mine Development is shipping a containerised drilling rig to Yemen where it will be used to drill RC and core holes on three recently discovered base and precious metals [...]

* Oil production in the Jannah area, east of Shabwa, was due to rise to 65,000 barrels a day (b/d) in July mainly due to development of the Al-Nasr field, [...]

The desert nation of Yemen is running out of water--and the Yemeni government's inability to cope with the impending disaster may be a glimpse of things to come as the [...]

The legendary Canadian mining prospector Chuck Fipke, who has exhibited the Midas touch in Nevada in the United States and the North West Territories of Canada, is once again blazing [...]

A group led by France's Total has tested a sizable discovery in Yemen's East Shabwa area. The find is just west of other recent discoveries that in turn are near [...]

Canadian Oxy keeps hitting the sweet spot on its Masila block in Yemen, this time a triple. Its 1 North Camaal well flowed 15,195 b/d, 1 Tawila 9,050 b/d, and [...]

Canadian Oxy and partners declared part of Yemen's Masila block commercial based on the previously announced Sunah, Heijah, and Camaal discoveries. The Masila fields have about 550 million bbl of [...]

Exploration growth outside U.S. to continue International projects will be the major exploration focus during 1992. New opportunities continue to become available, as the world's governments and major national oil [...]

Merger opens up oil opportunities The merger of North and South Yemen took place on 22 May and little time was wasted in forming a new government to rule in [...]

Petroleum giant OMV AG has stared oil production at Kharwah-I basin in Central Yemen. The firm is aiming to deliver 11,000 b/d by the end of 2008.

Vintage Petroleum says its al-Nagyah-11 well, in block S-1, tested light 43[degrees]API oil. The well is the first horizontal well drilled in the field and the seventh successful well drilled [...]

* The oil ministry has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement with a consortium consisting of Australia's Oil Search, local company Saba Oil and Gas and a company to be [...]

Meanwhile, action is heating up in Yemen. A group led by DNO ASA, Oslo, found new pay in Tasour field on Block 32 in the Masila basin in a well [...]

Yemen is planning to offer seven offshore blocks for exploration later this year. The country plans to offer blocks 25, 26, and 28 in the Red Sea, blocks 6, 7, [...]

BG Exploration & Production has discovered three more successful gas wells in the Muturi block, offshore Irian Jaya in Indonesia. The wells further prove the extension of the Vorwata Field [...]

Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. and partners have discovered more than 700 million bbl of oil on the Masila Block in Yemen, booking 91 million bbl of proved and probable reserves [...]

Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, will acquire Kerr-McGee Yemen Ltd.'s two exploration blocks in eastern Yemen. CanOxy will acquire a 47.5% interest in Block 50 and a 43.75% interest in [...]

Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. (CanOxy), Calgary, hiked its estimate of proven reserves in Yemen's Masila block fields to 176 million bbl from about 100 million bbl at yearend 1996. Reserves [...]

Kerr-McGee Yemen Ltd., a unit of Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, signed two production-sharing agreements with Yemen's Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources and state-owned Yemen Co., establishing an exploration position [...]