MONTANISTISCHE RUNDSCHAU, VIENNA, NO.3

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 76
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/04/02 :CIA-RDP82-000398000100010076-7
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Exce t for a small amount of production in the Pakisti oil field,
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Azienda italiana ~c ~roli Albania ~~.IP..~ , The Devol
60o to 800 meters .
500 and 1,000 hectares. Maximum depth of oil strata is
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aver a spread of 250 to j00 meters. Individual wells do not have trem~en-
dour production, but it is anticipated that they will have a long life.
c�~ it has a s cific weight of �943 and very high sulfur content, It
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is ossible to obtain a gasoline output of aver 80 percent by the hydra-
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a r�., Thera iS a pipe-line 74 kilometers long running from the fields
to the coast.

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French company, Soc. Francaise Tndustrielle et Commerciale du Petrole.
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