Libya Strikes Major Gas Deposit Panafrican News Agency December 4, 2000 Tripoli, Libya A major gas deposit has been discovered north west of the Libyan gas field of Assoumoud, near Brega, 700-km from Tripoli, the National Oil Board has announced. The Board said Sunday the reserve is estimated at 472 billion cubic feet, 293 billion of which can be tapped. This is larger than the Assoumoud reserve, in the oil-rich north African country. ------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright © 2000 Panafrican News Agency. Distributed by allAfrica.com. For information about the content or for permission to redistribute, publish or use for broadcast, contact the publisher. ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________