Canadian, Italian and Japanese companies drill for Yemeni petroleum

A Canadian company obtained the right to drill for petroleum in Yemen. The right includes four petroleum drilling permits in northeast Yemen near the Saudi border.

In a press statement, the Yemeni Ministry of Petroleum announced that the locations where drilling willoccur are not in areas disputed with Saudi Arabia.

The statement pointed out that the Italian company EGEP has obtained permits for drilling in a region 357km east of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in addition to Japanese companies drilling for petroleum in another 5 areas near the borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman.