Yemen discovers new gas in Marib

SANA'A, Sep. 03(Saba)- The Ministry of Oil and
Minerals announced on Thursday the first exploration of gas in block No.18 in Marib
Governorate.
The Minister of Oil and Minerals Amir Salim al-Aydarus clarified on Wednesday that
the quantities detected are currently under study and evaluation.
During the Ramadan evening session attended by the minister, the attendees
presented three work papers on the activities of the Petroleum Exploration and
Production Authority
(PEPA) and what has been achieved in the field of oil.
The papers included strategy of encouragement of global investment in the oil block
, updating the institutional building, developing the local petroleum cadres,
strengthening
the scientific concept on the geological oil and encouragement of scientific
researches.
General Corporation for Oil and Gas representative talked about the role of GCOG in
the exploration of oil and production of gas to the Yemeni local market, raw
materials
and petrochemical and GCOG's revenues going up during 2000 until 2009 at around
$222,919,000.
SA/AM