Tunisia: 43 approvals on petroleum drilling

The number of permits on petroleum drilling has risen in the current year to 43.

In the meantime, Tunisia intends to offer three new approvals in light of its efforts to upgrade domestic production of petroleum and natural gas.

The head of the Tunisian petroleum corporation, Etab Mosef Youssef, along with the manager of petroleum group in Holland, Van Dam, have endorsed an accord, according to which the Tunisian company will buy the Baakmid company which is the local branch of the Dutch group specialized in storing the burned.

Meanwhile, petroleum sources said that the U.S company Atlanic Richfield concentrate its activity on investment in Tunisia and intends to carry out new developments on the Ashtart petroleum field.