PETROLEUM-BEARING SANDS ON THE GJANICE RIVER, ALBANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600240011-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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4NF RMMATI REPORT CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY Albaxeia/ir'ugoslavia
SUBJECT
CONFIDENTIAL' DATE DISTR. 24 ;,,uG 50
Petroleum Bearing! Sands on the
Gjaniae River? Albania
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NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
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SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1X 1? huge deposits of petroleum sands of very ancient
geological formation are located in the district of the Gjanice Rivera
between the settlements of Lalad and Patoss they cover an area of $5 square
Sri lters,
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from toha
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
Cl SIF!CAT1ON SECT/C( RcL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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During the wars when these petroleum wells were being exploited by the ATP
enterprise si.c _ ?AIPA "Azienda Italiana di Petrolio in Albania") various
hosts and soundings were carried out to establish wtietf,er it would be worth-
while to utilize these sands. For this purpose a large gallery was dug up,,
and testings established that there was approximately one hundred million
cubic meters of this petroleum-bearing sand,, and that it will produce
10 percent petroleum ac td benao1 A large building,, to handle these tests.
had been partially built prior to World Tar II; it had not been completed.
and during the war it was completely demolished.
31 intensive testing of particles of this sand had
been done during a period of close cooperation between Yugoslavia and
Albania, and samples were sent to Rijeka,, where tests produced positive
results. the Yugoslavs had planned to utilize this
sand in the production of' sphalt conglomerates a but these plans were
not implemented .following the YugoslavAlbanian rift,
Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R005600240011-6