A Crude Search in Refined Paris; French Oil Firm Drilling Exploratory Well Near City

The Washington Post | August 9, 1988| | Copyright

The City of Light has long been considered a treasure trove of cultural, archeological and historical gems. Now oil companies hope to find black gold there, too.

On Tuesday, Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine plans to begin drilling an exploratory oil well on the southern doorstep of Paris at Ivry-sur-Seine-the first of several wells in a program that may entail exploring within the city itself.

"I don't think Paris will ever be Houston," said Jean Perrot, Elf's assistant director of exploration in France. "But there is still oil to be found in the Paris Basin."

The basin is a ...

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