VOL. XXXV

NO. 15

13-JANUARY-1992

Oman

Occidental Announces New Discovery in Oman

Occidental Petroleum Corporation of the US announced on 6 January that itswholly-owned subsidiary, Occidental of Oman Inc., has successfully tested a newfield exploratory well in the 2.9mn acre Sunainah Block in northeast Oman, whichit holds jointly with Finland's Neste Oy (35%). The statement said that the well- Irq al-Katarah-1 - flowed at a stabilized rate of 1,150 b/d of 38 API with agas/oil ratio of 450 cu....