DIE CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE, NO.15

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100010078-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 78
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/04/02 :CIA-RDP82-000398000100010078-5
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~ n oil roduction is supposed to have reached an average oi'
A~.bania. p
18,000 tons per month.
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1840 "Deutsche Allgemaine Zeitung," No. 335
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ci 1 oil reserves in Albania are in the Devo].~. Basin, wh~.ch ; .
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orts 3~+3 Itanians and 1, b00 Albana.ans are employed there . y p
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r~ wells axe operating in Albania and about 200 additional ,
At p~ �aPnt 500
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ma~~h 'hnr~,nNa�, ~nads in the Patoe reg1011 have g~,ven g
d to start production. Reserves are estimated at 1.2 million
3:s plenne
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~ ~ Declassified and Approved For Release 2012104J02 :CIA-RDP82-000398000100010078-5 ~